Secret Kepper
But what kind of secrets?
The main concept I explore in this series is why we keep secrets; to build a connection? to protect ourselves? to create an illusion? But what’s more fascinating to me is that the oxytocin, and dopamine released in our brains, helps us create a relationship bond, the complicity strengths our trust no mater if your are the secret teller or the secret keeper.
I’m using octopuses, squits and cutle fishes as a metaphor. The ocean is inherently enigmatic, like our brains; it holds so much to discover, so many secrets in both. Sometimes we can’t help ourselves, wanting to reveal it all, even when deep down we know some secrets should remain unknown.
I find it nosy that our brain uses secrecy as a good bonding mechanism. I know we all have at least one secret we won’t tell anyone, and that’s why I built you a little secret keeper. Don’t worry, I promise I won’t tell.
