This Phenakistoscope Wheel portrays the cycle of overthinking. The melting of the face represents how it is hard to focus on anything else once a catalyst thought enters your head and sets off an overthinking spree. The strands are multicolored and incoherent to represent the distracted mind. They eventually reform back to the smiling face, signifying that the mind is now calm, but another thought comes by to restart the cycle.
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