The Nature of Response

"The Nature of Response"
Acrylic and Pastel on Board

Why do we respond to stimulus the way that we do? I drew this after having a bad day at work, I had gotten in an argument with a co-worker, and I was extremely upset at what I viewed as a lack of control over my own anger. I wanted to explore the process of cause and effect. The faces are our emotional responses and the figure is an invader who chooses to pull things out of us, destroying the order that we have constructed.