Symbolizing mental health issues through my artwork is my way of being the voice of awareness. By creating these pieces, I am attempting to show how these inner struggles play out in our day-to-day lives in visible ways. My work is driven by how I am affected by these factors emotionally and mentally. People, who do not understand how someone experiencing mental illness lives, should be able to see through the lens of someone experiencing mental health struggles, what that person has been through. My work will act as that lens for my audience through my layered realities.Â