Unmasked Intensity

Unmasked Intensity by Rae Sabine

This piece developed over several art therapy sessions as I explored representing my neurodivergent experience.

On corrugated cardboard, I painted thousands of bright orange watercolour marks first, then layered two purples to form the violet field over them. The orange pushes through in places, glowing luminously where it emerges, settling into the ridges and valleys.

These clusters reflect how sensations, thoughts and details arrive all at once, attention scattering across many signals simultaneously. The experience is intense, sometimes overwhelming, yet patterns and connections emerge, beautiful, unexpected and mine.

The work holds the intensity and complexity of my world, along with the unexpected beauty within it. It simply affirms this is how it is, unmasked, vivid and worthy of being seen.

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