These have a significant, personal meaning to me. Over several years, and for a range of reasons, my brain has taken a battering - some at the hand of others, but the majority is through the pressure I have applied to myself. 

Normally I belittle my artistic efforts.... 'Yeah, it's just a load of lines isn't it?" is my casual brush off... 

But not these. These tell my interpretation of the four stages of human mental states.

Each one is important to me and the plan is that once they are complete, that I will apply to take them on a TED talk.

The 'Where to draw the line' project is a set of four images accompanied by a written reflection of the human state and my perception of how people fit into four distinct stages. 

I include the disclaimer that I have no psychology training or any background of mental health training. The images (and book) are not backed by medical science or any specific research. What they are, is my view. From my own journey through life I have been able to partition the states of existence into four specific stages.

These stages are not age based and don't link to any set boundaries such as being over 50, or under 12 etc.

Sadly, or happily depending on which stage you're in, these are fluid. One could spend 40 years in one stage and not experience the others until later in life. It is also perfectly plausible that a person might not experience all of the stages through their life.

The book will outline my journey into the world of art (how I got started, inspirations etc) as well as going into open and honest detail about my own mental health journey leading to the four stages that I believe each person to be contained in.

These four stages may initially appear to be quite simplistic and I have zero psychology training to back any of it up. However, I believe that the best way to develop experience and understanding of something is to experience it first hand.

Once the four stages are explained, I can honestly discuss how I have experienced three of the four stages, and became very close to experiencing the final stage.

My hope is that through the visual representations of these stages, along with the potential bestselling book, that people may begin to recognise, sympathise, empathise and discuss their presence and position on the scale.