The gas mask depicted here serves as a reminder to keep the toxicity at bay. Zoom in on the background details to find the toxic elements that one regularly encounters in their daily lives. The constant pressure to “be okay,” the pressures of living virtually a second life under the microscope on social media, the pressure of surviving in this economy, the pressure of being successful or being "noticed" or the toxicity in form of pleasure. First you survive, then you thrive.