Sus inv 8. 'Can I Keep Her?'

This was really cathartic to make. I started out with this idea of making my feelings into a sphinx, because they're so large and powerful and puzzling, but so absolutely beautiful. I knew I wanted to have my childhood self in the picture, so I was thinking in terms of psychological symbolism. I feel my younger self come out all the time when I start crying from small moments or get “overly emotional”. With ADHD some people experience a symptom called emotional dysregulation, our brains aren't good at responding to feelings “appropriately”, and you can feel like your feelings are hard to control.