“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”
― Ernest Hemingway
An 8×8 canvas that merges embroidered geometry, gold leaf, and a portrait of a masked figure in antlers. Set against a bare forest, the subject wears a fixed expression that veils tension beneath stillness. The mask, rendered with deliberate clarity, represents emotional concealment as a defense mechanism rooted in post-traumatic stress. Gold lines and symbols impose order while the red thread suggests internal breach points where restraint becomes fragility. Inspired by the DSM-5 framework for PTSD, the piece explores how emotional masking, while protective, often leads to increased vulnerability and the amplification of unprocessed symptoms.
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