The Bunny & The Manchild, Taryn Barling (Signed)

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The Bunny & The Manchild, Taryn Barling (Signed)

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"We got the Bunny seven years ago when the kids lived at home. The kids left. The Bunny stayed. He has arthritis, skin allergies, and bad teeth. Three vet visits in two months, yet he persists.

Husband has become the Manchild. The name simply stuck. I notice his ineptitude more. He complains about work, bills, and missing the kids. The house runs on repeat, empty rooms echoing. We adjust to what’s left. Emptiness. Space. Silence. Visits are brief,
marked by fresh laundry and remade beds. In the quiet, I talk to the Bunny. He listens. Home feels both safe and confining. I don’t know where the years have gone or what I went upstairs to get.

My graduate project explores the emotional landscape of “Empty Nest” syndrome, examining the quiet transition that occurs when a home begins to change shape after children leave. It continues the themes established in my earlier project, “Woodside Drive,” particularly the use of the domestic space as both subject and metaphor. As with that work, the home remains central, not simply as a physical environment, but as a
repository of memory, identity, routine, and loss.

I see this project as the opening chapter of a much larger body of work that will continue to document the unfolding stages of my family. Future chapters may explore themes such as downsizing, ageing, shifting family dynamics, and the inevitable loss of loved ones and companion animals. Together, these works aim to form an evolving portrait of change, attachment, and the passage of time within the spaces we inhabit." (Words by Taryn Barling)

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"We got the Bunny seven years ago when the kids lived at home. The kids left. The Bunny stayed. He has arthritis, skin allergies, and bad teeth. Three vet visits in two months, yet he persists.

Husband has become the Manchild. The name simply stuck. I notice his ineptitude more. He complains about work, bills, and missing the kids. The house runs on repeat, empty rooms echoing. We adjust to what’s left. Emptiness. Space. Silence. Visits are brief,
marked by fresh laundry and remade beds. In the quiet, I talk to the Bunny. He listens. Home feels both safe and confining. I don’t know where the years have gone or what I went upstairs to get.

My graduate project explores the emotional landscape of “Empty Nest” syndrome, examining the quiet transition that occurs when a home begins to change shape after children leave. It continues the themes established in my earlier project, “Woodside Drive,” particularly the use of the domestic space as both subject and metaphor. As with that work, the home remains central, not simply as a physical environment, but as a
repository of memory, identity, routine, and loss.

I see this project as the opening chapter of a much larger body of work that will continue to document the unfolding stages of my family. Future chapters may explore themes such as downsizing, ageing, shifting family dynamics, and the inevitable loss of loved ones and companion animals. Together, these works aim to form an evolving portrait of change, attachment, and the passage of time within the spaces we inhabit." (Words by Taryn Barling)

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