A PSYCHOSOCIOLOGICAL DIARY, 2019-2020
ink pen, pastel, pencil crayon
This series is a record of personal narratives and human interactions, most of which are seen through the lenses of mental illness and trauma. These small drawings (~ 9 x 6 cm per drawing) are windows into intimate spaces and their portable nature is a metaphor for the memories I carry, both public and private, beautiful and terrible, harmonious and chaotic, delicate and intense, and light and dark. The body is a site of tension between these dichotomies, and the exterior environment is transformed into a mindspace. I created part of this series while living in Scotland. Here, I carefully document moments of companionship, loneliness, mental illness, faith, and emotion from a transformative year in my young adult life.
MOVIE NIGHT
VULNERABILITY
SCOTT
AFTER A CEILIDH AT THE BRAES
GROWING SWEETNESS
AN ODE TO SEAGULLS
COMFORT FOOD
FROM HEARTBREAK CITY TO QUARANTINE
BEFORE A CEILIDH AT FLAT 56
CEILIDH
TOWER BUILDING CAFE BLUES
THERE ARE STARS IN THE SPACE BELOW
NAIVE
PACIFIERS
OPENING
EVENING WINE IN THE STUDIO
SAFEKEEPING
PRESSING YOUR WOUNDS TO MY WOUNDS
OASIS OF PEACE
HOUSE IN A TREE
RESEARCH
A TORTURED MIND
THE PENCIL IS HER TOOL. THE BOOK IS HER CANVAS. BRANCHES DIVIDE BUT ALSO CONNECT. FIRE DESTROYS BUT ALSO PURIFIES
SURVIVAL STORY
GRASPING SPACE
MY FIRST DAY ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS
