Mind Numb is part of a series that journals my emotions and overall mood. In creating this piece, I aimed to capture the sensation of being dazed and immobilized by depression. To express this, I explored embossing the paper with rope—the same rope that would later symbolize the weight and pressure of the emotion itself. The impact of this underlying feeling is further amplified through shifts in cool, dark tones and the subtle variations produced by the dyeing process I employed. This work became a crucial part of my portfolio, both as a personal outlet for releasing emotion and as a discovery that my materials could mirror my mental and emotional state. The rope embodies constrictive, heavy baggage, while the paper acts as memory, showing how emotion resurfaces and bleeds into past experiences, leaving traces that linger long after the initial feeling has passed.