Lara Mann

In my practice, I calm an anxious mind by focusing on repetition.

Through a meditative creative process, I escape inward and create compulsively.

My recent work explores inner visions and fragmented memories shaped by CPTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). Moments of dissociation become opportunities to drift inward. Working with various types of media, I construct imagery that hovers between memory and place. I fixate on what is directly in front of me: the moon suspended in a clear night sky, a spider web abandoned in a windowsill, or the silhouette of a tree against a fading sunset.

These ordinary encounters become sites of emotional projection, where contemplation transforms the familiar into something otherworldly. I invite viewers to linger in that suspended space, where introspection and observation become acts of restoration.