Monika Neverauskaite

​​​​The Onion Technique

 

​Accompany ME starts a new project, The Onion Technique, which focuses on psychological health and self-acceptance.

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The "onion technique" is a metaphorical problem-solving approach that involves peeling back layers to get to the core issue, much like peeling an onion. In psychology it is used to understand personality and self-disclosure. It suggests that a person's self-revelation progresses in stages, moving from superficial layers to more intimate ones.

 

Personality is formed and influenced by many factors: age, gender, name, language, roots, beliefs, goals, fears, fantasies… There's a long list. During a lifetime we unconsciously learn who and how to be. But do we really know what is under all those layers? The artist aims to reach the real skin, without knowing if it will be pleasant or rather uncomfortable.

 

The Onion Technique is an invitation to let go and accept ourselves the way we are, open up to vulnerability and discover strength within it. In the end, we are all made of the same flesh and blood.