Overly Sincere

Rameez Mazen created this series with the intention of portraying how intense emotions manifest in the body. The ear, gradually turning red, represents the physical expression of raw vulnerability—when emotions rise to the surface, uncontainable. She seeks to depict sincerity as a kind of traitor, subtly revealing itself through the skin despite our efforts to conceal it. The warmth spreading across the ear becomes a quiet testament to feelings left to wither inside us, exposing the delicate interplay between vulnerability and sincerity.

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Rameez Mazen is a Saudi artist from Jeddah. Her work moves between digital art and poetry, often blending the two to tell stories that feel both personal and collective. Her pieces carry threads of longing, culture, displacement, and memory. Through this weaving of image and word, she creates a space for herself, one where she can express what cannot always be spoken aloud. Her art becomes a kind of shelter, a way of returning to places that no longer exist in the same way but still live on through feeling.

Rameez was commissioned to draw the cover art for “Anyway, Don’t Be a Stranger: A Collection of Poetry & Prose” and has been featured on The Lunar Inn magazine numerous times. Follow her on Instagram.