Riley Drummond

MY YOUNGER SELF IS NOT DISAPPOINTED IN ME

Illustration
2025
Watercolour, Pencil Crayon, Yarn
14" x 14"
1/8 Works for Drummond's thesis "Affirmations," which pokes fun and creates a relatable awkwardness to the online mindfulness practice of "affirmations", curated to the chronically uncomfortable and inherently embarrassing twenty-something girl.

“The idea of self-acceptance. The idea, the fear, that I have let her down. The idea of everyone I could have been and who I am now. The idea that I have failed her. The idea that she is not dissatisfied with how she turned out.”

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MY YOUNGER SELF IS NOT DISAPPOINTED IN ME
MY YOUNGER SELF IS NOT DISAPPOINTED IN ME

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Riley Drummond

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“"Affirmations" is meant to bring a relatable awkwardness to mindfulness practices that are encouraged but are rarely helpful to a chronically uncomfortable twenty-something girl, illustrating these...” [More]