MutismI've been going through stuff lately, 2026 hasn't been treating me so well for now 
This piece is called "Mutism" because I seem to barely be able to express myself. This is a usual thing with me, I hate talking and social anxiety makes me want to be unperceivable. And when I try to write down my feelings, not much comes out, except a few bits in pieces like in this drawing, words carefully chosen, not too much of them, but impactful enough (to me). If I say too much, everything loses it's impact. There are no words for my feelings, in fact I'm not sure what it is I am feeling.
Expressing myself is hard, I hide from me and from the others a lot, but here is a drawing that represents me despite all, and that helped me feel a bit less alienated from my own self
<3Feb 3, 2026
This piece is called "Mutism" because I seem to barely be able to express myself. This is a usual thing with me, I hate talking and social anxiety makes me want to be unperceivable. And when I try to write down my feelings, not much comes out, except a few bits in pieces like in this drawing, words carefully chosen, not too much of them, but impactful enough (to me). If I say too much, everything loses it's impact. There are no words for my feelings, in fact I'm not sure what it is I am feeling.
Expressing myself is hard, I hide from me and from the others a lot, but here is a drawing that represents me despite all, and that helped me feel a bit less alienated from my own self
<3Feb 3, 2026
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I forgot to mention, but I often right from right to left on my drawing, and even upside down. I like doing that because it's fun to do and I think it looks cool, but here it also symbolizes this difficulty of expressing myself. Writing it this way makes it less readable, and therefore my shy feelings and words are less accessible, as if hiding in plain sight
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I really appreciate this piece; both visually and conceptually! The hatching lines are great.
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(and the description really resonates with me)