Brain Less Brain

This series began intuitively, with watercolor shapes that resemble brains but resist precise definition. Initially soft and unfinished, the forms gradually become structured through lines, divisions, and markings that function as containment rather than decoration — a visual language of negotiated boundaries.

The recurring vertical division suggests a neurological reference, a fault line, or a threshold between inner experience and external expectation. Symbols, arrows, grids, and fragmented text evoke the constant flow of impressions, diagnoses, and judgments imposed from the outside. In some works, language is absorbed directly into the brain, reflecting how external words can become internal noise.

Rather than portraying the brain as something to be fixed, the series asserts it as something to be protected. These drawings frame an autistic, sensitive, and overloaded mind not as deficient, but as valid — emphasizing self-preservation, care, and lived experience over correction.