Claire
Age 18 • Meath
Don’t mask your emotions
This portrait of myself illustrates my headspace as a leaving cert student right now. Many students hide their feelings because of the stigma with mental health. On one side, a student attends school considered to be okay, wearing the “new norm”, a mask. But the other-side shows how most people actually feel. They’re suffering from the constant confusion by the media hype right now. I want to raise awareness and encourage people to take off the metaphorical mask and open up. For me ‘this is now’
