Kellie Hogben, 'Laziness'. Illustration, 2023
Laziness by Kellie Hogben
Illustration
Artist statement: Receiving a diagnosis of ADHD a year ago has made me reflect on aspects of my life through a new lens. While looking through my old sketchbooks, I was struck by how well they represented my unconventional thought processes. I was confronted by dense drawings, in which I had attempted to represent as many aspects of a single concept as I could, on a single page. In my teens I saw this as a quick way of generating and recording ideas. I would attempt to create a coherent piece around a single theme, filling a page with references and tangents, all linked to the same starting point.
Little did I know, this is a particularly ADHD way of thinking; I had no idea that most people are capable of having one thought at a time!
Here, I have tried to convey this sense of overwhelm, in my usual drawing style, but even more dense than I've previously attempted. It shows (almost) everything that I find myself thinking about while going about my day. The things I always forget, the distractions and the things I hyperfocus on, overlap with the positive symptoms of ADHD, like all my creative aspirations.
Find out more about Kellie's work here.
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Kellie Hogben
Kellie Hogben, 'Laziness'. Illustration, 2023
Laziness by Kellie Hogben
Illustration
Artist statement: Receiving a diagnosis of ADHD a year ago has made me reflect on aspects of my life through a new lens. While looking through my old sketchbooks, I was struck by how well they represented my unconventional thought processes. I was confronted by dense drawings, in which I had attempted to represent as many aspects of a single concept as I could, on a single page. In my teens I saw this as a quick way of generating and recording ideas. I would attempt to create a coherent piece around a single theme, filling a page with references and tangents, all linked to the same starting point.
Little did I know, this is a particularly ADHD way of thinking; I had no idea that most people are capable of having one thought at a time!
Here, I have tried to convey this sense of overwhelm, in my usual drawing style, but even more dense than I've previously attempted. It shows (almost) everything that I find myself thinking about while going about my day. The things I always forget, the distractions and the things I hyperfocus on, overlap with the positive symptoms of ADHD, like all my creative aspirations.
Find out more about Kellie's work here.