Scrutiny

This piece explores the feeling of being observed and judged, and the anxiety that can come with it. Most of what people see is only surface level, yet from those small glimpses they form assumptions to fill in the gaps and reach some kind of conclusion about who you are. Whether those conclusions label you as good, bad, or something else entirely, they rarely account for the nuance that makes up a full picture of a person. That missing understanding leads to an entanglement of misperceptions that can be quite harmful.

Watercolor and Pen on Paper - 2024