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Self-Portraits

These are self-portraits I posted on my Instagram account. They belong here because they are not private images hidden away from the internet: they are visible traces of my identity.

Art is my main form of expression. Through these paintings, I externalize feelings that are difficult to explain directly: existential dread, pessimism, emotional exhaustion, and the sensation of carrying pain that does not belong only to me.

Each portrait expresses dread in a different situation, through a different version of the self. Together, they show how someone could understand part of who I am simply by looking at what I choose to create and share online.

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Self-Portrait I A visible trace of inner heaviness.
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Self-Portrait II Dread translated into expression.
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Self-Portrait III A version of the self shaped by anxiety and empathy.
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Self-Portrait IV The body as a place where feeling becomes stored.