"my brain was his favorite kibble", 2018
12" x 22", acrylic on cardboard and crescent board ...Despite this, you’ve tied my hand to the leash and kept me as a prisoner to your indecision and hyperactivity. Treats, punishment, begging, nothing helps keep you at bay for more than a minute or so. While I enjoy the time I spend running free with you through the vast expanse of my mind, it’s time for me to crate train you...
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Dear Addie,
You are a good imaginary dog with absolutely no boundaries. I value you as a mental companion in my life and beam from ear to ear as you help me jump from train to train of thought, synthesizing unique ideas and concepts. Without you, the endless amount of apparitions we encounter would never make it onto paper in the form of colorful, extraordinary art... |
"he has a dog too", 2018
acrylic on masonite and crescent board |
"i burned the ruff down", 2018
12 x 22", acrylic on cardboard and crescent board ...You have never failed to place a slobbery ball at my feet and nudge my leg as I tried to focus on any of my tests. The more important circles in boring, monochromatic arrays, the ones on my scantrons, usually remain half empty when the dismissal bell rings. Maybe if you wouldn’t have begged and begged for your tenth bowl of your favorite kibble, my attention, during class the day before, I could have finished my test...
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...Maybe if I would have been able to get to bed earlier instead of trying to study well into the morning time hours while you and your playmate, anxiety, filled my head with loud and unrelenting barks, reminding me that I also have another homework sheet to do, laundry, a project, and a shower, only after I finish studying, I could succeed in class...
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"don't forget (where you buried them)", 2018
acrylic on masonite and crescent board |
"the dog house", 2018
mixed media on masonite and crescent board ...On the note of teachers, why don’t they see you? I’m so tired of having to apologize for you. So many times you’ve bullied me into taking a mental field trip with you to anywhere besides class, only to be woken up by “McKenna, what did I just say?” or “McKenna, what’s your answer?” The only mentions of you from them come in the form of jokes, as if you aren’t a real mental disability that hinders my productivity daily...
"friend or foe", 2018
mixed media on masonite and crescent board |
...Maybe if I wouldn’t have skipped my lunch to finish my incomplete homework because your thick drool made the words on my page too blurry to understand last night, I wouldn’t feel sick to my stomach as my teacher reprimands only me, not you, because the page is half empty...
"i ruin everything i touch", 2018
mixed media on masonite and crescent board ...I’m so tired of having to look after you, feed you, play with you, and spend every waking moment trying to balance my life between the constant caretaking of the hyperactive dog that is my A.D.D. and living in the actual moment, undistracted. It’s time for a crate. When I take that medication with water at seven a.m., and then at noon, I get my break from you. While I love you, and your energy, I do not love feeling like I’m the one trapped and controlled by you, a dog...
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It’s time for a crate. When I take that medication with water at seven a.m., and then at noon, I get my break from you. While I love you, and your energy, I do not love feeling like I’m the one trapped and controlled by you, a dog
Love, McKenna |
"he's my companion", 2018
acrylic on masonite and crescent board |