Vicky Yang (2025, Illustration and Psychology)
Thin Air, 2022
Gouache on gray paper
Thin Air, 2022
Gouache on gray paper
This is a drawing based on my experience of insomnia. Insomnia has been an old friend of mine for years now but I haven't become any better at dealing with it.
The first time I failed to sleep for the entire night was in my first year of high school: I lied on my bed and listened to my roommate’s regular breathing. I heard it began to rain outside, and I heard that the rain stopped. Then I heard my 6:30 am alarm went off.
Time and space seem to be distorted. The night is stretched into a thin layer like spreading too little jam on a piece of toast that's too big.
The first time I failed to sleep for the entire night was in my first year of high school: I lied on my bed and listened to my roommate’s regular breathing. I heard it began to rain outside, and I heard that the rain stopped. Then I heard my 6:30 am alarm went off.
Time and space seem to be distorted. The night is stretched into a thin layer like spreading too little jam on a piece of toast that's too big.
From The Witching Hour, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, January 23 - February 26, 2023
