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Triple DDD | Deep Dark Dungeon

October 2025
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Deep Dark Dungeon

Many years ago I had to out of necessity create a visual of what major depression disorder looks like.

Collage was the perfect medium and method for it.

When in this state a person is literally in the dark. Inside and out.

it truly is, ”The Dark Night of the Senses” or “The Dark Night of the Soul”. These phrases are coined by, Saint John of the Cross.

I found that when I externalized the expression of depression to view it on the outside of me, I received some relief from the it’s relentless pain on my mind, brain, emotions, spirit, soul and body.

This is the beauty of visualization and visuals. One moves from the subject to the object and back to the subject again.

Read more from Erika Koenig-Workman

My inspiration to create comes from my Roman Catholic Traditional Faith, family, nature, community, and current contemporary issues that inspire me. I value experimentation in my creative process. I engage with materials that ignite my imagination. Visions and fantasy play a role in my creative process.

I collaborate with other artists and work with ideas on public art projects that positively effect people and communities.

Additionally, I use typography and graphic design elements in my work. I believe words are alive—imbued with thousands of years of meaning.

Letters express their own kind of symbology and speak to every person uniquely. In my creating I endeavor to make the invisible visible.

Erika Koenig-Workman

Richmond, British Columbia

Triple DDD | Deep Dark Dungeon