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Burnout
I am autistic, and this is a disability. But what is a disability? If impaired vision is a disability that can be corrected with glasses and the inability to walk can be corrected with wheelchairs, autism is a disability that can be corrected by modifying social expectations. But as a society we don’t do that.…
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Sense
Sensory over-responsivity, a form of sensory processing disorder, makes me overly sensitive to sensory input. Where most people are able to filter it and acclimate to it, it builds up in me to where there is layer upon layer upon layer of irritant. I don’t get used to it. It makes me raw, irritable, anxious,…
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Disabled
I am autistic. I’m the awkward sort that is obviously impaired but not in a way that is completely unexploitable. Due to my inability to fully socially mask, people are often immediately uncomfortable around me. Maybe they identify me as rude, apathetic, or somehow angry at them for some inexplicable reason. Yet, I have a…
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Spring
Early spring in western Pennsylvania. My cousin and I wandered through the woods behind my house. I was about 13. We came across a perfectly intact deer skeleton. I felt a sense of awe. I’d never encountered anything like it before. It was beautiful in its cleanness, how the bones fit together in just the…
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The Burning of Home
Collaboration between Kris Godinez and Nik Harless 16×20, acrylics
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Self-portrait (1/19/25)
9×12 Acrylics on watercolor paper
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Cassandra
9×12 Acrylics on canvas board Having a brain that’s exceptionally good at pattern recognition and the ability to follow threads of consequence down many paths is both a blessing and a curse. The curse is that people accuse you of catastrophizing and continue down the path you can clearly see has a disastrous end. Then…
