Is This a Joke?

Sam shares their unprocessed internal dialogue and reflections from 2021, reflecting on addiction, her breakup, estranged friendships and mental health strides and setbacks. Notes, journal prompts, and dark illustrations cover the pages with illustrations of aces with hollow eyes, cubic mazes juxtaposed against nature photographs, Superman and Bojack Horseman cutouts, and backdrop excerpts of blank journal pages and calendars. The front cover features sharpied bubble letters with a sprawling vine pattern and hollow-eyed girl with “well, this has been traumatic…” written in pen along her head.

Keywords: journal, reflections, unprocessed thoughts