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I've had anxiety for as long as I can remember. Like most children, I was scared of the dark, unsettled by shadows, afraid of the hallway after bedtime. All of those places were where monsters lived.
It wasn't monsters I was scared of though. It was unknown. Monsters were just how my mind made sense of it. Most childhood fears are reasoned away by grown-up thoughts, but adulthood has its own collection of worries.
Responsibilities, expectations, commitments; these are just new masks on old monsters. When my heart races or skips a beat, or if I get shaky and nervous with an impulse to run, I have to remind myself that monsters don't exist.
I do this by drawing- by giving the feeling shape I can give some finite form to the infinite unknown. If there's a way out, it's through a door I create.
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#1
Tears Only Feed It
Final score:
23points
#2
Wayward
Final score:
21points
#3
Under
Final score:
21points
#4
2:14pm
Final score:
20points
#5
Earthbound
Final score:
19points
#8
Gardener
Final score:
17points
#9
Mono No Aware
Final score:
16points
#10
Migraine
Final score:
15points
#11
Wings For The Fall
Final score:
14points
Sarah Storm 5 years ago
This one really struck a chord with me. I see the images before this leading up to this, and this the horrible feeling afterward. I suffer from anxiety, and I know this feeling.
#13
Consummatum Est
Final score:
12points
#14
What Once Was
Final score:
11points
#15
Diffuse
Final score:
11points
#16
The Weight
Final score:
10points
Zanjero Johnson 5 years ago
Art deserves more credit than people give it............ nice work
#19
If There's A Way Out
Final score:
7points
#20
Abeyance
Final score:
7points
Sarah Storm 5 years ago
I love how the roots form a shape of a human. It's really impressive shadowing and I can tell a lot of effort was put into it.
#22
The Quiet
Final score:
7points
Sarah Storm 5 years ago
"Sometimes quiet is violent" - TOP, Car Radio Sometimes, being alone is horrible because if it's quiet your thoughts can absorb you.
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Hi! 5 years ago
Beautiful work and an extremely high level of skill and imagination but honestly just made me anxious and not at all happy.
Brandon Stewart (Post author) 5 years ago
I apologize that it made you anxious! :(
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Hi! 5 years ago
Beautiful work and an extremely high level of skill and imagination but honestly just made me anxious and not at all happy.
Brandon Stewart (Post author) 5 years ago
I apologize that it made you anxious! :(
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