The Hidden Self - Layers of me Pt. IV

There is always a side of us that we don’t show, no matter what. There is the dark, depressing, and angry side of ourselves that are only shown to the people we love and trust the most - or sometimes not shown to anyone at all. I am often a very emotional and sad person who doesn’t ever cry in front of people - I really try to hold it together as much as I can. When having panic attacks, I try to keep it very private and behind closed doors even from my partner of five years because it is so hard to focus on having a calm mind when someone is there. I think it is important for me to express this in my art, and in this piece you see that I am being stretched in different directions, there are lines breaking that apart, and also the ominous cut layers of red to show my emotions are organic yet very prominent and a very bold part of me in my hidden self.