Recent Project: Infecting Space

January 6, 2026

This piece is about having a discussion boundary crossed by a person whose presence I generally enjoy. It also contains the turmoil of the aftermath: stress, a drained feeling, confusion, and the struggle to move on. There was a feeling of trying to push the interaction out of my head, alongside the internal consolidation that the boundary I drew was good and necessary.

I made this piece while in that state. I was reading a psychology book and making doodles in the margins, trying to distract myself. When I pulled out my phone to take a photo of the doodles, I noticed a blur through the camera, with the lines blurring in a way similar to my boundaries blurring. The artwork idea suddenly struck me, and I began combining doodles I had done that day to form a collage. It visualized my internal feelings at that moment.

Following this artwork, I continued to write an essay about the idea of core behaviors in psychology and how behavioural conditioning cannot sway them as easily. This entire process helped me realize that trying to ignore the feeling was not the move. Instead, I was able to turn the boundary crossing into a learning experience and find happiness. At one point, after completing my art pieces and beginning my essay, I was hopping around with giddiness!