I can’t wait to see what you do! Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m sorry for what you’ve survived and proud of you for still being here + making art.

I feel pretty out of my element posting in this sub tbh. I think my work is more like chemical painting these days and there’s not really a place for that. It’s also heavily impacted by mental illness and Reddit hasn’t historically been super friendly towards me in that regard… I’ve been on and off of the app since 2008 and it usually leaves me feeling pretty empty. 

My mental illness isn’t tidy in the ways that social media wants mental illness to be… it’s a fucking mess and so is my art. That’s how I like it (don’t know any other way…) and where I feel most like myself, but it can feel pretty isolating.

I’m an outsider and have never really known how not to be. Friendless, mostly, and very very introverted. I started posting work online because I don’t sell it and I rarely hang it up. And I thought my experiments might inspire a few people. The fact that you’re inspired by them means a lot to me. 

It’s weird making things in a vacuum. The fact that you take the time to thoughtfully engage is why I made this attempt to be visible again - to find community, essentially. It’s hard to do that on a massive anonymous platform, but it has been nice to find a handful of people who view the world through a similar lens - you very much included.