In There’s Nothing Norma About This, Honey peels back the polished veneer of femininity to reveal the hidden turmoil beneath the surface of everyday existence. The central figure in the collage (Marilyn Monroe), becomes a vessel for the universal struggles women face: anxiety, intrusion, and the relentless pressure to maintain composure. From her right eye socket emerges a hand gripping a syringe, a visceral intrusion that speaks to both the internalized weight of expectation and society’s insistence on medicated or superficial solutions to emotional pain.

Honey’s use of illusion paper fractures her form, signaling the psychological blur between outward appearance and inner reality. The surrealism here is not decoration, but language, a way of capturing the dissociation and quiet anguish that too often remain unseen.

Though the image draws from Marilyn herself, the piece is not about her alone. Instead, it extends her struggle outward, transforming her into a mirror of the countless women whose inner battles remain unspoken. Honey’s collage becomes both confrontation and invitation… a call to witness, empathize, and recognize the quiet wars fought behind even the brightest of smiles..