Logan Hattle
Logan Hattle is a student at University of Bedfordshire studying art and design. She was late diagnosed with Autism at age 18 and ADHD a year later at 19. Her artwork is largely inspired by her experience being neurodivergent and growing up navigating a world that she didn't know wasn't made for her. Her art is her way of navigating the world and making sense of it as well as a way of trying to help other people like her who grew up not understanding why the world around them felt so loud. Logan aspires to spread her love of art to young people by teaching. She wants to make a difference for other neurodivergent people and those who weren't diagnosed until they had already grown up learning how to hide from the world.
This artwork is a series about communication as a neurodivergent person. The first piece explores the feeling of having pure and honest intent with your words just for them to be misconstrued when received by the person you are talking to. The piece reflects the frustration of being constantly misunderstood and feeling like every time you have a conversation you hit a wall where your words are flipped. The second piece is a response to the first and shows the feeling of being so tired of being misunderstood that you don't want to speak at all or find it physically difficult to speak. The piece shows the feeling of the words just being stuck and refusing to leave your mouth. The third piece of work conveys the feeling of finally finding somebody who you can talk to freely and not worry about being misunderstood or having your words twisted. It shows how it feels to find somebody who you feel alive with and the feeling you get when you are so comfortable with each other that your vocabularies start to blend. For many neurodivergent people this happens when we meet other neurodivergent people and feel safer with them.
