This is such a great picture! The free spirit is shining through. Also interesting is your interpretation compared to my sister's. She asked, "Are you okay?" (soft colors = happy, darker colors or uncomfortable topics = sad ☺️) A fundamental realization, I think: I am not my emotions, and my art does not reflect my personal state of mind. Through the way of creating, one can perhaps recognize if it is the work of an open mind, but everything else is just artistic freedom of expression. I was fixated on filmmaking or wiring techniques for much to long, it didn't satisfy me. Creating with courage to my own style will be the work.