![Panel 1: White girl sitting cross legged on the floor, phone is next to her on the bed on loudspeaker playing the sounds of a meditation instruction audio: "Relax and enjoy the stillness...". Caption reads: I wish I didn't know how terrible things are.
Panel 2: Close-up of the girl's face, scrunched up in concentration. The audio continues: "Let your problems float away... Imagine you are somewhere serene...calm...peaceful."
Panel 3: A pair of legs is visible from someone resting on a picnic blanket in a large empty field looking out at the horizon. The audio continues: "...And just focus on your breathing...the asylum system is inhumane..."
Panel 4: A tree blowing gently in the wind. The audio continues: "Empty your mind... there are more empty homes than homeless people in the UK..."
Panel 5: A close-up of a hand grabbing dirt and letting it slowly fall between their fingers. The audio continues: "...Feel the sun on your face...The world is burning..."
Panel 6: The girl from the first panel has now stood up and is walking away leaving the bedroom while the phone continues to play the meditation audio: "Breathe in....and breathe out."](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/f020295f-7b0a-42bb-8b01-101f637dd6da_Ignorance+is+Bliss.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
Holly Casio.
About the illustrator
Holly Casio
Holly Casio makes queer zines and diy comics about pop culture, fat bodies, ocd, and fandoms. Her autobiographical comic series Cool Schmool shares extracts from daily life about friendships, sobriety, trade unions, and playing in punk bands and most recently featured Holly's collected Covid diary comics.