Ways of Seeing Lauren Simons, 2025 This body of work investigates perception as an embodied, neurodivergent process. For me, drawing becomes a living record of cognition and sensation — what I have described as a kind of mind-map, a way of documenting what happens in my head as it unfolds. Rather than beginning with a predetermined outcome, the work develops through a position of not-knowing, allowing each work to emerge through chance, interruption, and iterative layering. I

My designated install space (highlighted by blue circle) is a smaller space with a large window allowing for plenty of natural light to come in. Visualising my work in the space I plan to hang the majority of the drawings on the longer wall, with a couple on the smaller wall in the back right. The artist statement will hang on the wall that juts out slightly. By starting to place the drawings into groupings, I was able to create links and connect the drawings together where o

Responding to, and answering questions raised in feedback from my presentation: How do other neurodivergent artists or writers translate their specific perceptual worlds into form? "The adjective perceptual is all about perceiving, or sensing things. It's your perceptual ability that allows you to make sense of the world around you by seeing and hearing. In science, the various sensory systems (such as visual and auditory abilities) are known as perceptual systems. " — Voca