@illmarks I wanted to say thank you for posting this project. I heard about it a while ago and didn't know what it was, and I only had a look here and at the url yesterday.
I have bad alexithymia and terrible interoception extreme difficulty trying to understand what is going on with my body, let alone put it into words.
And I hear other people describe their own symptoms and they don't sound familiar. Is it because they're actually, wildly different, or that my brain introduces a complicated language barrier between our bodies so I cannot apply others' words to my own bodily sensations and experience familiarity?
I somehow never thought of visual art as a way to try and describe what I feel, or as a way to relate to others, so I'm enjoying looking through these and seeing what seems familiar to me in any way at all. And it's getting me thinking about how I could potentially express what I'm experiencing visually, too.
I particularly liked this one. It really captures the frustration and confusion that can happen so, so often when you're already struggling and suddenly you have a new problem come out of nowhere 💜 (Sorry for explaining your art to you – I just like it =P)
ambly July 22, 2024
@illmarks I wanted to say thank you for posting this project. I heard about it a while ago and didn't know what it was, and I only had a look here and at the url yesterday.
I have bad alexithymia and terrible interoception extreme difficulty trying to understand what is going on with my body, let alone put it into words.
And I hear other people describe their own symptoms and they don't sound familiar. Is it because they're actually, wildly different, or that my brain introduces a complicated language barrier between our bodies so I cannot apply others' words to my own bodily sensations and experience familiarity?
I somehow never thought of visual art as a way to try and describe what I feel, or as a way to relate to others, so I'm enjoying looking through these and seeing what seems familiar to me in any way at all. And it's getting me thinking about how I could potentially express what I'm experiencing visually, too.
I particularly liked this one. It really captures the frustration and confusion that can happen so, so often when you're already struggling and suddenly you have a new problem come out of nowhere 💜 (Sorry for explaining your art to you – I just like it =P)