My anxiety has been higher lately. Partially because of my health and GAD, and partially because of ~frantically waves hands~

Even though art making doesn’t quiet it permanently, when I’m drawing, my mind softens a bit. My visual of anxiety is a tightening, angular feeling, and with art, that feeling begins to mush, is malleable and more manageable. 

My work itself has loosened a lot. Partially due to my health, but I’m really loving this season, or era as the kids say, that I’m in. Thankful for it all. Even the angular anxiety.

Amber Vittoria is an artist, poet, and author working in Los Angeles, California. Through abstracted form, ribbons of color and joyous words, her work represent

I’m so glad art helps soften your anxiety, it’s amazing how creativity can turn those sharp edges into something more manageable and even beautiful