Breakfast on an Empty Stomach

2023

Acrylic on 24"x36" canvas.

Breakfast on an Empty Stomach is a piece about my fight with breakfast. There was a time when I didn't "believe" in breakfast. It always made me feel sick, and I would walk through my school days feeling uncomfortable. Through my mental health journey, I've discovered that all those feelings were probably coming from some undiagnosed anxiety.

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This piece focuses on those uncomfortable feelings in my stomach—the eyes alone in the dark eggplant void are full of anxiety. The warm-toned forms that surround the void are the nutritious breakfast that should enlighten my day.

Jess M Soto 2023

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