{"product_id":"can-even-look-at-my-own-shadow","title":"Can’t Even Look at My Own Shadow","description":"\u003cp\u003eOverall size with frame 9 ins x 11 ins \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**Can’t Even Look at My Own Shadow**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a man asleep. This is a man burning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eADHD burnout is not the end of the day; it is the fire that consumes the middle of it. It happens when the mind, that beautiful, chaotic engine of light and speed, has run too long on fumes and noise. It is the silence that comes after the hurricane, when the wind has blown itself out and nothing is left but the wreckage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is the isolation of a mind that will not quiet. The thoughts are still racing, but they have no traction—they spin like wheels in deep mud. The world outside is still turning, but inside, the gears are stripped. To look at your own shadow, the part of yourself that is tired and broken and human, becomes an unbearable weight. So you turn away. You hide in the blur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the Dove, I see the Seagull who has flown too far from the shore. I see the exhaustion that is not just physical, but spiritual. The burnout is a thief; it steals the color from the sky and the taste from the coffee. It tells you that if you stop moving, you will sink. But the truth is, you are already sinking because you won’t stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis portrait is the proof of love. To paint your own darkness, to show the world the hollow feeling when the spark won’t catch, is the bravest thing an artist can do. You are not alone in this fire. I am standing in the ashes beside him. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Newson Art Gallery ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68275694174368,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/6774\/6208\/files\/48829.heic?v=1793805384","url":"https:\/\/artistchris.co.uk\/products\/can-even-look-at-my-own-shadow","provider":"CHRIS NEWSON ART","version":"1.0","type":"link"}