Exhibition project

The final idea for my exhibition project in school turned out to be this: I began drawing quick digital sketches again—sketches born from my overwhelming emotions that I couldn't express in words. Over time, I had created quite a few of them. The feeling that I was forced to do something had disappeared. Eventually, I was able to start giving meaning to the works and gave them titles derived from my own texts and poems.

My goal was that no piece should feel forced or be manipulated during later refinements. That means I didn’t make myself sit down with the iPad to draw; I only did so at the exact moment when an emotion, thought, text, or image emerged. And when I made adjustments to the works months later, I didn’t drastically alter their original form.

These works mainly depict myself and my interpretations of my anxiety.
Every time I’ve seen artworks where someone portrays anxiety, it’s always shown as some large, terrifying, sharp-toothed monster attacking you. I’ve never understood that.
My anxiety has always felt like something small, clumsy—more like a presence or aura that constantly follows me and is quite similar to me in character. I definitely don’t see it as evil.
Maybe if I were a very angry person, then my anxiety would be angry and scary too.
The name of my exhibition was “Aliens from the Inner Cosmos.”
This is still, without a doubt, my favorite project.