https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/1e444e80cb8972f4360edfa607a89d4b.jpg b6e2361fd23a2f1bcbdd2d1091f25a71 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sophie Cage: Under the Influence Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Charcoal drawing of a hand picking up a broken mirror and scattered items. https://library.missouri.edu/exhibits/files/original/feaeaf8ee861b7fbbf27bbd17f95a10c.jpg 8ba075131ac3cd73ac12e9b2bffd0150 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sophie Cage: Under the Influence Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Charcoal portrait of a woman with surgical markings as a hand forces her into a smile. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Under the Influence Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cage, Sophie Abstract A summary of the resource. Both Seek Change and Consumed are charcoal works that examine the tension between autonomy and external control, particularly surrounding beauty standards and identity. The first is a carefully constructed still life, while the second draws from combined photographic imagery. In both, symbolic details represent authority and influence, forces that guide, reshape, and at times distort the body and mind. Together, the pieces blur the line between choice and pressure, questioning how identity can be reclaimed in a culture defined by invisible standards. Seek Change explores how society treats beauty as a modern-day religion. Physical appearance is elevated to something sacred, pursued, measured, and equated with worth. The piece reflects on the pressure to attain this ideal and how it shapes self-image, relationships, and the quiet rituals performed to feel enough. Charcoal’s raw, smudging nature mirrors the fragility of self-perception and how it can shift from soft gradients to harsh contrasts, echoing the seductive promise of perfection and the sharp judgment that follows. Consumed focuses on the transition into college life and the tension between growth and self-loss. What appears celebratory can become overwhelming, as reinvention slowly fractures into performance and expectation. The pursuit of belonging and happiness can blur into quiet self-destruction. This work questions how much of identity is truly self-defined and how much is shaped by the pressures we absorb. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026