I have always wanted to express my thoughts and feelings through art as it's something I hardly done in High School, of course you have to learn the basics of art but I felt restricted. So when our first unit 'Fine Art' came around in College, I felt like it was a chance to express what I wanted to express without any barriers. I decided to focus on my anxiety and panic attacks, positive thinking and hair pulling 'trichotillomania'. I absolutely loved doing this unit as I felt like what I was spilling out everything from my mind which made me feel amazing! Surprisingly I didn't have any panic attacks in first year, I have felt anxious, it nearly developing into a panic attack, but that's normal. I do continue trying to remain a positive outlook on things but I however still pull out my hair, definitely not as much as previously but I still do even if it's only one hair. I've been pulling for seven years and this year I'm determined to beat it so I can be more confident and happy with myself.
Since it was my very first unit I would love to carry on with the ideas from the sketchbook as I feel like I'm now able to express more due to my increasing knowledge and understanding of art.
In previous posts I said I wanted to come out of my comfort zone and this is what happened.
I wanted to show the 'dark' side of pulling but I wanted to make a mockery of it also by taking hair and placing it in places where I can't grow it. Telling my mind that I'm in control with where my hair goes. I decided to make the photos black and white as I feel like they portray more emotion than coloured. One of the following photos also show the damage, the destruction of pulling. It may not be a pretty sight but it's the truth of what can happen.








The start of something interesting Alice
ReplyDeleteOnly just saw this- cool idea!! :)
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