My name is Summer Murray. I am an illustrator beginning my professional career at 48, after returning to school to formally study multimedia design. The work submitted here comes from an unpublished, self-created zine titled Things I Didn’t Say Out Loud. This series uses symbolic objects, anatomical imagery and expressive typography to explore memory, boundaries, bodily identity and emotional survival. Recurring stitched and preserved forms operate as visual metaphors for repair, containment and reconstruction. Some pieces address difficult or unconventional themes but they are grounded in lived experience and direct visual honesty. This body of work marks the foundation of a practice focused on symbolic storytelling and contemporary independent publishing.