Two Sided PortraitThis work is meant to highlight the stigma around mental illness, specifically in connection to mass shootings and murders. Not all mentally ill people are violent! There is a lack of treatment available to people in a violent state which is where the problem comes in. In the background of this piece are news clippings of articles pointing to mental illness as the monster to blame for these acts. The two sided portrait is here to show that even on the dark side of depression, I am still me, not the monster the media displays.
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