Close your eyes and immerse yourself in a past event that evokes that particular emotion. Grip your pencil with your non-dominant hand and start expressing them.

We repeated the process for the following 4 emotions:

HAPPY- “My First Cooking Experience”:

There were many rounded loops which represented the recurring swirls of happiness I felt then. Certain areas which had wiry darker lines were indicative of stronger and overlapping nature of it.

 

ANGRY- “Feeling Betrayed”:

There were many prominent thick lines done with pressure. Coupled with the sharp turns and crosses, they were representative of the initial shock of realisation which gradually developed into anger. At the more concentrated parts (darker areas), the feeling of anger intensified. Towards the end (bottom left for example), rounded portions showed how I am mulling over the event and questioning myself about the cause of it.

 

SAD-“Longing”

Initially there were sharp spiny strokes clustered together to represent the small clusters of pain I felt, lke tear drops. After which, there was a gradual increase in the distance between the spikes to show how they eventually get less intense and hence further apart. The wavy lines that went back and forth showed how my mind glossed over the memories repeatedly. The proximity of the lines was also indicative of the frequency of the waves of emotion.

 

NERVOUS- “My First Presentation/ Speech”

Swirls after swirls represented the balls of nervousness that kept coming back at me, lasting for the entire event. Different sizes of the swirls showed how I noticed the overall big to minor details as the cause of the nervousness. Overlapping swirls with close proximity of them were indicative of how uptight I felt then. Short anxiety spikes towards the end (extreme left) showed how the jabs of adrenaline were eventually spread out after some time.