Hilary Lui

This series of works is an attempt to depict how my experience growing up with ADHD is like a stone that I constantly trip over in my path of life. I try to give perspective on these experiences and convey the difference I felt with other people by depicting them as animals that I perceived as scary when I was a child. Detachment and distance are the main themes of my series, especially in one and two, where versions of myself are depicted as isolated or protecting myself by pretending to be different animals. three was inspired by the parts in my childhood in which I wanted friends so bad I gave my everything to them, but then realizing that they didn’t think of me the same. The process of exploring my subject has been cathartic.