Leona is three different characters within Bodies of Water.

Leona is a child – confrontational, rebellious, but still a child.

After the death of Willow – Leon cuts her ties with her family -she is tired of being judged. She chooses to enter the world (reborn) on her own terms, but quickly gets drawn into another family – the troupe.

Finally- Leona births herself. The Water Cell as Womb into this persona – still stuck. Still reliving the tragedy, but finding freedom and even grace within it. As close to the edge of life as she can be.  The edges of life – before birth-into death. In the water.

Illustration by Jody Hewgill