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You are so talented, but incredibly lazy!
School, practice, homework, drawing, sleeping. Tired, exhausted, overstimulated, anxious, scared. I go to school and get another failing grade. Failing in two, three, seven subjects. Hours of studying every day…
2024 and new ideas!
Wow, what a colorful year! 2024 started off so terribly depressing that I didn’t know what to do with myself. Or, well, ever since the pandemic began, I hadn’t been…
“But you’re not autistic“
My gift is that I am quick, spontaneous, creative, and pretty distant from perfectionism. I’ve always struggled to understand why perfectionism is so highly valued—it just stifles creativity. At least…
Dopamine tricks and exhibition prep
I’ve been postponing this blog post for so long, but like with ADHD, the day before my first solo gallery exhibition, ideas come crashing over my head in waves, and…
When psychologists diagnose through the internet
The month of May has gained new significance in my life because it is the month when I received my official autism and ADHD diagnosis. This year was the first…
“There’s too much of you”
“You didn’t speak until you were four years old, and after that, you never stopped talking” says my grandfather jokingly. For autistic people, it’s relatively common to start speaking much…
“There’s nothing wrong with you, you’re just stupid” and how the journey begun.
I am 12, it’s one o’clock at night, and I’m looking at this damn math homework with my tear-stained face, not understanding any of it. My mom sits next to…
How to become a tattoo artist?
During my nine years of tattooing, I have received a number of letters from people asking for advice on becoming a tattoo artist or coming to learn under my wing….
What happens to tattoos when you age?
Which one of us hasn’t heard something along the lines of „Think of your tattoos when you’re old and your skin droops and…?“ This is asked both as a preventative…