Vision
Bri L.
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I created this with the question, "How can I display the feelings of dissociation/derealization in physical artwork?". I've been experiencing the disorder for a few years now, and it is hard to really put together the life that me and others have to live in a description. I wanted to explore the idea of the disorder put on paper and visually showing the feeling of it. During a family dinner, my sibling and cousins played around with the phone picture setting, pano. They created a distorted picture of me, including my parents. I looked at the picture and connected the experience to seeing others including myself as unfamiliar. Its a common feeling to not be able to recognize the people around us (dealing with the disorder) at times, so I wanted to experiment with that concept on paper. Initially, I thought that I should stop after the people were finished, but I knew the piece looked very incomplete. I tried different fountain pens and found a flat tip that make nice thick lines. I practiced shapes with regular black India ink and concluded it was too dark to put behind the subjects, so I found that watered down ink was best. It also formed gaps in the shapes which made it look like windows and characters. I wanted the "boxes" to look like buildings to somewhat portray a sense of growth (like collected experiences) in a person's life, including the thing we call existence.
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Exploring art and being able to practice creativity allows me to take care of my wellbeing and expression. Drawing allows me to make my ideas tangible and expanded in my hands, while also giving me freedom with visual expression. I can loosely experiment and explore the many possible aspects of art.
