![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I think we may end up back there someday- hopefully with a goat or 2. It’s completely charming but there are days I’m restless for the wide open spaces of the North Carolina countryside where I grew up. I work out of my little home studio in our 1941 cottage in one of those old, middle-of-the-city neighborhoods. I live in Greensboro, NC with my husband Joel & our cat Britin. It’s both how I paint & how I want to live. To me, watercolor is grace, faith & boldness in one. I love this medium because of its wildness- the tension of suspended pigment in water the balance of control & chaos. I had fallen in love with watercolor in art school & it felt like coming home to pick up those brushes again. The uncertainty of art as a career scared me, but I could no longer deny that this is my calling so, in faith, I walked away from the career path I had followed from furniture to linens to boutique sales and started HighBrow Hippie in the fall of 2016. After college, ten years of various jobs & a masters degree brought me right back to where I started as a child: art. Watercolor is my specialty.īeing an artist isn’t something you choose, it’s who you are & I took the long route to discover you can’t be someone else even if you try. They may have a need for excessive touching-touching everyone and everything.Hello there! I’m Jessica & I’m a fine artist & business owner living in Greensboro, North Carolina. They may have a need to smell everything judging whether they will like something or someone by smell, and have a supply of scented candles, sprays and perfumes. Sensory seekers may love crunchy foods like popcorn, carrots, chips, nuts, and pretzels. ![]() Cracking knuckles is not uncommon, nor is seeking out crashing or “squishing” activities. They may frequently shake their legs while falling asleep and prefer to sleep with multiple or heavy (weighted) blankets. Adults and children with hypo-reactivity may prefer foods with strong tastes and flavors, constantly bite nail, fingers, lips, or the inside of their cheeks. They may seek out fast, spinning, or upside down carnival rides, will often rock or sway their bodies back and forth, or frequently tip their chair on the back two legs.They may seem restless when sitting through a lecture, presentation or movie, constantly chew on pens, pencils, gum, or smoke cigarettes. They may be seen often touching or twisting their hair.Persons with autism displaying hypo-reactivity may be thrill seekers and love fast or dangerous rides, leisure activities, or sports. The adult or child with autism may constantly rattle change in their pockets, or keys, tinker with pens, paper clips, rubber bands, or anything within their reach. Sensory seeking activities may include a need to fidget and “fiddle” with things all the time. If their sensory systems are under-responsive they may naturally seek out and participate in activities that activate the sensory processing system in the brain. Sensory seeking activities may be brought about by the individual’s unconscious need to make sense of the world around them. Waking up in the morning may also present a problem, as they may not even notice an alarm clock blaring.These individuals can be sensory-seekers, striving to make their sensory systems respond, but requiring stronger stimuli than most. They may be able to tolerate many movements without becoming dizzy, but have a hard time feeling parts of their body and knowing where those parts are in relation to the world around them (proprioception) making them clumsy or awkward. They may be hypo-sensitive to pain and may barely feel a thing when getting shots, cuts or bruises.Under-responsive individuals can appear lethargic, lazy or unmotivated and be difficult to “get moving.” They may not seem to notice if their hands or face are dirty. They may be unable to identify foods that have gone bad by smell, or have difficulty being able to smell things that are alarming or dangerous such as smoke, noxious/hazardous solvents, or something that is burning on the stove. The hypo-reactive individual may fail to recognize stimuli that most would find alarming or strong. In this instance the brain is not processing the stimuli correctly. Hypo-reactivity to sensory stimuli occurs when the sensory system is under-responsive the normal processing of smells, sights, sounds, touch, and movement is dulled or under-developed. ![]()
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