What motivates the Artist to pour the thoughts of pain onto her canvas? Could it just be too chaotic and crowded for the random images to stay inside her head?

What triggers the Traumatic thoughts?  The remembered pain, the current, unending struggle to endure the stream of memories, all the pressure building, building, building.

Yes. All the Pressure,

Yes.  The Stream of Thought.

Yes. It must find a Release.

Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

The Waterplant, mixed media on canvas by Susan T. Martin