This piece shows the relationship between identity and academic burnout. The circles on the side show functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scans starting with a scan of someone without mental illness and moving down to a scan of a depressed brain image. Burnout causes physical and mental tired states which is why this focuses on sleep with the cartoon storm cloud above. Mental illnesses like depression were not often included in works of art of the past, so I wanted to display this as an important aspect of the “Other”.