actualization

Asked by The Times why she chose to work with her father on “Wildcat,” Maya Hawke said that the period piece shares key themes — such as “the artist life,” love and “relationships to one’s own personal actualization and ... creativity” — with several of Ethan Hawke’s previous projects.

Actualization starts to become a metaphor that’s driven by whiteness.

“In so many ways, it felt like the actualization of a lot of these more private hungers and more private desires for sound and experience and collectivity,” she said.

“My work touches on the nuances of family, self-love, self-preservation, actualization and metamorphosis.”

“The actualization of a human being is when the Buddha and the demon meet each other — they’re two ends of the same spectrum. You can’t kill your shadow, it just has to be part of you. Cleansing oneself of negative feelings is an act of healing. I wish healing for everybody.”