The inspiration behind my project revolves primarily around a TBI I had in 7th grade, and the long term effects of the injury itself and the process of recovery during some of the most tumultuous and formative years of my life. Though it occurred almost 5 years ago now, and though it's necessarily impossible to distinguish how much of my subsequent struggles were truly a result of the injury (especially since it coincided with the pandemic, and my transition into highschool), it became the defining inflection point in the trajectory of my life. The portfolio was intended to be a kind of visual exploration of my mind, and an attempt at interpreting and expressing the convoluted and irregular body of experiences, beliefs, and patterns of thought that have governed my life following the injury. This project was ultimately an excercise in introspection, and an effort to not only visually express my story, but also to process and understand my own experience.