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All this digital art is loads of mental effort
So, first of all, I must say I was made to believe that art can only be done ‘on the right side of the brain’, that means by being intuitive, not by applying logic. And that was my explanation for not being able to succeed in me earlier efforts: I kept painting and doing mixed…
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I wish for an ordinary day
You know what, I’m seriously fed up with all those Bank Holidays, which is how days free of normal working patterns are called in the UK. First of all I don’t understand the word ‘bank’ – where does it come from, I have no idea. Moreover, no one who I asked had any idea either.…
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I’m such a lucky girl!
After publishing my last post – that one about punishment – it was brought to my attention that possibly what I am describing (recognising punishment where there is none) is not caused by my ability to recognise patterns but by my difficult childhood experiences. I’d like to discuss that further here. I did mention here…
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Merry Christmas
For us, Polish, the main Christmas celebration is today, even though the days you get off work are the same like everywhere else: 25th and 26th of December. I have an idea for a post about why I don’t think punishment should be used for autistic people (kids), even if based on ‘natural consequences’ but…
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Mulled wine
I can see I didn’t post for a few days and, unfortunately, I think I may need to lower the frequency of my posts. This is all due to my pattern obsession. I continue with my Christmas job in a supermarket, I’m off today but I’ll be back tomorrow. I am surprised how well I…
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Obsession continues
I woke up at 4am today, which was not extremely early as I went to sleep before 9am yesterday. I am, however, wondering, if I start doing my patterns that early in the morning, will I not teach my brain that waking me up early will bring a reward? I wonder if brain can plan…
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My pursuit of patterns is making me unwell
I remember when I just started primary school, so I was 5 and a half, we were told to draw an autumn outdoor scene and suddenly I decided to add an unidentified object in the middle of my drawing: it was shaped like an egg, but it wasn’t meant to be an egg. It wasn’t…
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Autistic and me 