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The Instinctual Woman
Hi, I’m Layla Messner, an autistic art activist raising awareness about high-masking autism and invisible disability. I grew up in the wilderness and my abstract expressionist paintings transmit instinctual energy.
As an autistic artist, painting is my natural language. My work is highly sensory, gestural, and process-oriented. I’m painting my own transformation. In order to finish each painting, a have to become a different person than I was when I started it. The transformation is the art—the painting is just a side-effect.
My work centers disabled joy.
01/03
Uninhibited
Pure self-expression, without masking or editing.
02/03
Natural
Harmony with body, brain, and the rest of nature.
03/03
Instinctual
Guided by deep, embodied knowing.
Photography by @kellys.perspective
Break Free
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A step-by-step journey to meet your Inner Animal, trust your instincts, and express your natural self without worrying what others think. Isn’t it time to be free?