The dominant feature that started and still continues since this time were the (often) single eyes that were appearing on each character. The hats and peaks of heads as seen below, have continued too. The sucking in or breathing out hearts was new and I still can't fathom what the hell that means or meant! But it doesn't matter because Frued is dead, and psychoanalytic is for psychoanalytics, not experiential creative art therapists OR artists like me! The main purpose for making these images was expelling feelings that were stuck inside me. And transforming those feelings into something creative. When I tried talking to people I loved, wanting someone to listen to me, I found they were mostly preoccupied with their own thoughts on the same topic and they were full of grief too, and did not have much capacity to listen. I couldn't really hear what anyone else had to say; I needed space for digesting my own emotions. When I realised that no one really could give me what I needed, I accepted it - in a light-hearted way, and did my little drawings. I went to see a counsellor at University, who was really nice, detached from my world and helped me do some rituals for getting through my pain. I told her about my drawings, but never showed them to her. I didn't feel I needed to. Talking was enough. I showed my little drawings to my friends, and I showed them to my mum.
Kisses/Hearts
The Man in the Hat 
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