Perception, cognition, definition, recollection, association, emotion.

Perception shapes cognition, definition molds memory, and association ignites emotion. Yet cognition confines definition, memory frames association, and emotion filters perception.

Riding on the crest of mania, I feel incredible — invincible. Yet depression and anxiety always follow , pulling me back into their undertow. Surfing between the waves of manic and depression, my emotions are distorted, my cognitions are deceived, and my associations are manipulated.

A thick, unrelenting filter beclouds over my senses, reshaping the world before me.

Nothing looks ever the same.

Begins with the raw recollections of an artist in recovery, and concludes with the clinical insight from a psychiatrist, here is the rare glimpse into the fractured yet vivid landscapes of the mind.