This piece is titled DEPRESSION.
Most of you know I started a blog over a decade ago. I didn’t realize at the time I was suffering from depression. My ex husband’s middle name was Hasty so I called it Hastywords. It was a family name I wanted to honor since the family name ended with him.
Then I got diagnosed with severe depression. I almost didn’t live to be diagnosed. My therapist wanted me to start listening to the voices in my head so we could dismantle and talk about them. I decided to do it online. Publicly. Some people called those thoughts poetry. They were really just what my brain was saying in shorthand. HASTYWORDS was exactly what I wrote. And people were relating.
I often get asked why HastyWords. It’s not a great artist name. But if you’ve ever heard the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” well this picture says everything in one picture I could never say in 10 years on my blog with words.
What does this painting say to you??
Be my eyes: A black canvas with a midnight rough textured center with pools of inky black reflecting pools surrounded by hundreds of bright multicolored dots.
HASTYWORDS 
So long, as the thoughts, the voices inside gets, expressed, in nonviolent forms out of you, meaning it doesn’t hurt you or, anybody around you when they all come rushing out, then, it’s a, good thing, because, you’re no longer, suppressing them, because, keeping everything covered up will, only cause, severe, internal, damage.
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My first impression is of a distorted figure, perhaps shape shifting and caught in a snap shot, swimming in an environment of light and color. Maybe it is eating the bright spots, or just hiding them. And the inky spots are the bottomless pits of absolute night. All in all, it is an excellent picture of depression.
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All of your art and your words are beautiful.
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Thank you so much.
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Your artwork is absolutely stunning! Fantastic post. Keep up the amazing work!
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very impressive art and great complex of color combination…wow
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I know almost nothing about art but I find this very interesting, almost psychedelic, well done!
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