Kai Bergen

they/them or he/him https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/madeofbeasts/

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The autistic experience of being misunderstood

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Shh. Shhhh. Secret Christmas raccoon.

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i hope so…

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#wip of some sculptures that make wall rainbows when put in direct sunlight. I love a rainbow

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Many mushrooms on my walk today, and a piece of mystery bone.

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I'm doing a market in November,so I've been working on a couple friends to bring with me.

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It was a good day for fungi

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no air conditioning optimism summer - a sort of ramble

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Some sketches. Trying Tumblr again as social media of choice because at least I can opt out of ai training here.

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Today thoughts. Sometimes I think I overanalyze small discomforts because I am afraid they will become overwhelming. But some small discomforts are really just small discomforts.

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A conversation with my self.

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Often my inner voices are very melodramatic. I used to respond to that quite cruelly, but these days I'm trying to be more gentle.

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A triggering situation happened, and a page of me responding to it afterwards.

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I've been making an art journal lately. I'm feeling conflicted about sharing it because it is intensely personal, but on the other hand it has been deeply helpful and I want to see other art journals like this, so maybe this will help someone else find this practice. So, I'm posting it here where likely most people I know won't see it, and if you know me and you do see it, no you didn't.

My rules for this journal are: 1. Draw the feeling first, then examine it with compassionate curiosity. 2. Draw in non erasable media only. 3. If I feel stuck, make soothing repetitive marks until I know what to draw next.

The point is to have a dialog with myself, not to make something beautiful.