Behind her smile
We often hide ourselves behind a mask in order to conceal our true emotions. No one truly knows what is occurring behind that mask. There are so many people that hide behind the mask of “happiness” and don’t open up, and they just find it hard to let people know what’s going on. That may sometimes be because they don’t want to burden anyone, they don’t want to let anyone down, or they may have trust issues which may result in depression. Depression is a common mental disorder and it can be really easy to miss. In this drawing entitled “Behind her smile”, the artist was able to create a depressing and despairing mood in this piece by his choice of subject matter, and also the use of dull colors …show more content…
The main focus of this piece of art, which takes up more than half of the page, is a crying woman, who is holding up a mask to her face. When you look closely at the side of her face which isn’t covered with the mask, the woman’s face looks completely distraught. She has tears in her eyes and tears streaming down her face and her teeth are clenched, trying to hold back a sob. Someone in that condition is generally characterized as an unhappy person. The mask is another, happier version of herself, which has a smile on. As she holds that mask up to her face, she looks like she’s fed up with trying to show that she’s “happy” and she’s tired keeping up her facade. All of these factors show signs of depression disorder. “Depression is an illness that affects a person's physical health as well as how he or she feels, thinks, and behaves towards others. Specifically, clinical depression is a persistent, depressed mood that is often characterized by feelings of sadness or emptiness. Someone who is suffering from this might show significant distress, or impairment (interference) in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning” (psychiatry.wustl.edu). This basic definition of depression describes what the woman in the drawing looks like, so the artist effectively shows a depressing mood by portraying a depressed
We often hide ourselves behind a mask in order to conceal our true emotions. No one truly knows what is occurring behind that mask. There are so many people that hide behind the mask of “happiness” and don’t open up, and they just find it hard to let people know what’s going on. That may sometimes be because they don’t want to burden anyone, they don’t want to let anyone down, or they may have trust issues which may result in depression. Depression is a common mental disorder and it can be really easy to miss. In this drawing entitled “Behind her smile”, the artist was able to create a depressing and despairing mood in this piece by his choice of subject matter, and also the use of dull colors …show more content…
The main focus of this piece of art, which takes up more than half of the page, is a crying woman, who is holding up a mask to her face. When you look closely at the side of her face which isn’t covered with the mask, the woman’s face looks completely distraught. She has tears in her eyes and tears streaming down her face and her teeth are clenched, trying to hold back a sob. Someone in that condition is generally characterized as an unhappy person. The mask is another, happier version of herself, which has a smile on. As she holds that mask up to her face, she looks like she’s fed up with trying to show that she’s “happy” and she’s tired keeping up her facade. All of these factors show signs of depression disorder. “Depression is an illness that affects a person's physical health as well as how he or she feels, thinks, and behaves towards others. Specifically, clinical depression is a persistent, depressed mood that is often characterized by feelings of sadness or emptiness. Someone who is suffering from this might show significant distress, or impairment (interference) in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning” (psychiatry.wustl.edu). This basic definition of depression describes what the woman in the drawing looks like, so the artist effectively shows a depressing mood by portraying a depressed