• itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world
    14·
    1 day ago

    I appreciate the artistic vision and the craft, they’re both excellent. I will say, this is not what dissociation felt like to me at all. It wasn’t an escape as much as it was me just losing control and just. Disappearing. And then ‘waking up’ when people inevitably were like ‘yo are you hearing me?’

    It would sometimes coincide with anxiety or panic attacks but the worst part to me was still just this feeling of losing control. Feeling myself slip away and both wanting to just disappear and not wanting it.

    Do yeah while I totally see this vision and I do appreciate the execution of it, it doesn’t really match with how, to me, this was more like an existential horror I had to relive multiple times per day.

    Edit: checked the comments and I recognize this isn’t necessarily the experience others have with it. Dissociation from neurodivergence can be a completely different experience, no doubt! Mine unfortunately was more trauma/ptsd related I guess. Love to read all the input about the topic and I’ll see if I can read more on autism/adhd related dissociation as I am also autistic.

  • Artwork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    2 days ago

    Great, genius work… The second panel is quite challenging to craft, too, since these are abstract…

    Recalled some works of an artist known as Lazy Square, where relatively similar transmissions may be noticed. For example:
    - https://youtu.be/mhO4jV9WCII (What will you become?//Кем ты станешь?(1984)…)
    - https://youtu.be/EJKu8ZZyYVk (Kiehls Russia and Serious About Collaboration Promo Video…)

    • tetris11@feddit.ukEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      Woah I forgot about LazySquare! I remember seeing them on Newgrounds way back when, glad to see they’re still doing their surreal stuff

      • Artwork@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Indeed… the artist creates dear ineffably magnificent animations/works manually…

        There’s also an official venue with some of his works available:
        - https://www.serious-about.shop/ (Explore original Serious About animated shorts. Dark humor and unforgettable stories…)

    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      36·
      2 days ago

      Disassociation is common in people who have ADHD or autism. It’s marked by an inability to keep yourself in the current situation or in the moment, rather one finds oneself in almost a daydream without being able to control it.

    • TacoEvent@lemmy.zipEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      I don’t think there’s anything to get here. Looks like an artist’s imagination of a hallucinogenic trip. Just a fun interpretation.

      • vinnymac@lemmy.world
        19·
        2 days ago

        I like your interpretation here is mine:

        The guy on the left in the first panel was day dreaming of a peaceful day, a long time ago, back when him and his dog were backpacking. One day he took a nap under a tree with his dog. The dog and him heard a faint quack in the distance and his dog stood up straight and spotted a duck on the other side of the stream enjoying its day as well.

        Meanwhile back in reality, his girlfriend is upset he is day dreaming instead of listening to her.

      • Deacon@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 day ago

        Yes. I don’t want to gush, but, well I maybe I do.

        It is visually beautiful, and it executes a really abstract concept in a really concrete way, and it is an abstract concept that is really relatable but rarely depicted so well.

        Truly masterful. Thank you for sharing it.