When I return to John Berger's 'Ways of Seeing' , I can see how his ideas resonate with the way I make and understand my drawings. Berger wasn't just analysing paintings; he was dissecting the politics of perception—how we inherit ways of looking, how we internalise them, and how images both shape and reflect the world we live in. Reading his work has clarified something I've felt intuitively for a long time, that my drawings aren't simply representations. They are examinatio

Being completely open I have needed a bit of help to process some recent happenings as there has been too much for me to process in such a short time. As an artist who uses themselves as a model for their work, whether it be physically or metaphorically, I do think there is some importance to try be open in areas where I can. In doing so this not only helps my art practice visually, as currently I am exploring my neurodivergence as a tool rather than a theme, but it can also

Splitting in relation to my Borderline Personality diagnosis (In my own words) I had written this while feeling like I was on the verge of splitting the other day. I decided to take a few sentences of what I had written and write them directly onto my drawing, documenting my thoughts and how I was feeling at the time. A split is not directed towards anyone, even though when it happens it seems like it. It only happens with the people that I love the most, because they are the

Today I tried something new. Instead of tracing my face to help ground me and my thoughts, I decided to only focus on my ear. I followed the curves, creases, and folds of my ear with one hand, while my other hand mimicked the movements onto the wall. This had a weird effect on the rest of my studio session that night. I was more focussed on what I could hear, like my attention had switched from blurred/distorted vision and seeing faces, to hearing the grind of pencil on paper

In recent weeks I have been feeling trapped, even in my studio which I go to to feel more free and safe in myself. My mind has been blurred and confused. I have been going on more bike rides to help combat these feelings and in doing so I have been able to reminisce on the times when I was at my most open and carefree self. On my bike rides I have been returning to the old graffiti walls where a number of people would meet up in the dead of night just to paint, hangout, liste