It’s OK to Feel Things invites audiences into the radical act of allowing emotion. Rooted in Mental Environmentalism, the work asks: what happens when we stop suppressing and start listening to the atmospheres of our inner worlds? Vulnerability becomes resistance. Feeling becomes survival.
Leigh de Vries is a contemporary artist working in Mental Environmentalism — immersive, participatory works that examines stigma and explores identity, mental health, and emotional truth. Her practice spans film, installation, performance, and public interventions, creating spaces where hidden lives are seen and felt.