Depression is a mental illness of modernity!

It is suppressed anger directed inward. It leads to self-destruction, self-isolation, a desire to hide from the realities of life, to go into the shadows. Sigmund Freud described depression as frozen fear, accompanied by constant feelings of anxiety, hopelessness, and helplessness.

A person can easily slip into a black hole where these emotions and sensations spiral and feed off each other.

The way a person with depression sees the world is often compared to a tunnel: 

the space for options is minimized, and even the freedom to choose those actions is reduced to a minimum.

There is no strength or energy for actions, or even for making decisions, when there is no strength to think.

And there are no desires either. 

No taste, no smell, no color, no movement.

Just a bottomless void…

This work is part of the series “In the Company of Sigmund Freud”, in which the artist explores profound psychological states through symbolism and color.