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@the.pink.highlight

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𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁 text art
𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺
𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 & 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗸

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I’d like to introduce myself to my new followers.

Based in Amsterdam, I’m Barbara, the person behind the pink highlight. I’ve worked in fashion business for many years, which might explain my love for the colour black and for design.

In the summer of 2022 I started creating these blackout texts for the first time in my life. I simply love the cadence of the words, seeing a pattern around a theme in a text.
Friends often think of me when they see anything pink, so I started using a pink highlighter to add some colour to the texts. Life isn’t always black and white, now is it?
To encourage myself to keep making these texts I decided to post them on Instagram. This was a big decision for me, because I’m actually a rather private person.
Strolling the streets, looking for useful books in those shared book-cabinets, the joy of finding a beautiful piece, already feeling a sparkle, knowing a new text will be seeing the light of day…this is now a fulfilling part of my life.

In 2021 I was diagnosed with autism.
Life is extra challenging for people with autism, but despite the struggles, I see my mind as a beautiful mind. I like that I see the world differently from neuro typical people. My creative mind notices details and things others often don’t. Other typical things for my autistic mind are: authenticity, loyalty & honesty, compassion, high integrity with a strong moral compass, analytical, critical with a strong sense of justice and appreciative of small things that others might see as insignificant.
You just might find a reflection of those characteristics in my works.

I hope they will highlight your day

⚪️ www.thepinkhighlight.com ⚪️
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#thepinkhighlight #blackoutpoetry #neurodivergent #autisticwomen #ilovepink taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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4 months ago

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I have installed my new exposition of the pink highlight @kbnationalebibliotheek in The Hague.

I’m grateful to share this next chapter and would love to welcome you to experience my work.

143 individually framed the pink highlight originals… and more…

15.01.2026-10.05.2026

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#blackoutpoetry #textart #thepinkhighlight #pink #bookworm taken in KB nationale bibliotheek by @the.pink.highlight

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9 months ago

⚪️ Visit www.thepinkhighlight.com for my personal story.

Based in Amsterdam, I'm Barbara, the person behind the pink highlight. I've worked in fashion business for many years, which might explain my love for the colour black and for design.

In the summer of 2022 I started creating these blackout texts for the first time in my life. I simply love the cadence of the words, seeing a pattern around a theme in a text.
Friends often think of me when they see anything pink, so I started using a pink highlighter to add some colour to the texts. Life isn’t always black and white, now is it?
To encourage myself to keep making these texts I decided to post them on Instagram. This was a big decision for me, because I'm actually a rather private person.
Strolling the streets, looking for useful books in those shared book-cabinets, the joy of finding a beautiful piece, already feeling a sparkle, knowing a new text will be seeing the light of day…this is now a fulfilling part of my life.
In 2021 I was diagnosed with autism.
Life is extra challenging for people with autism, but despite the struggles, I see my mind as a beautiful mind. I like that I see the world differently from neuro typical people. My creative mind notices details and things others often don't. Other typical things for my autistic mind are: authenticity, loyalty & honesty, compassion, high integrity with a strong moral compass, analytical, critical with a strong sense of justice and appreciative of small things that others might see as insignificant.
You just might find a reflection of those characteristics in my works.

I hope they will highlight your day

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#wordart #foundwords #foundpoetry
#wordcollage #collage #textcollage
#blackout #markerart #micropoem #creativemind #poetrygram #poetsofinstagram #poetstext #inspire #thepinkhighlight #bookpagepoetry
#autism #autistic #autisticandproud #autisticwoman
#tobeme #fann
#spilledink #instapoetry #poetrycommunity #wordlove #creativewriting #mywords #humansofamsterdam #minibieb taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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4 years ago

💖 Sharinghighlights 💖
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#thepinkhighlight #blackoutpoetry #highlightoftheday #poetsofinstagram #shareasmile taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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💫 My autistic mind doesn’t switch off.
It notices, it replays, it wonders.
It questions everything, and then questions the questions.

I try to deal with it. Some days that’s enough.💫
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#thepinkhighlight #autistic #abeautifulmind #thoughts #wondering

🧠 I try to deal with my mind haunting me 🧠 taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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4 days ago

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#thepinkhighlight #blackoutpoetry #sharejoy #highlightoftheday #poetsofinstagram taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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9 days ago

Original the pink highlight “I want to say I believe in you” available from my webshop www.thepinkhighlight.com
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#ibelieveinyou #ibelieve #believeinyou #thepinkhighlight #blackoutpoetry

Available as A5 reproduction with hand marked pink highlights / set of 2 www.thepinkhighlight.com

A5 reproduction with hand marked pink highlights

Available as A5 reproduction on clipboard with hand marked pink highlights www.thepinkhighlight.com taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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11 days ago

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⚪️ I am awake just trying to figure out life ⚪️
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💖 How are you doing?
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#figuringout #iamawake #lifequestions #thepinkhighlight #blackoutpoetry taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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18 days ago

Would you like a unique the pink highlight original? www.thepinkhighlight.com
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#originalartworks #thepinkhighlight #blackoutpoetry #textart #pink taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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23 days ago

⚪️ alive and present, as if as if as if ⚪️

💙Just got back from a lovely summer holiday in Greece. I find the 1st day back home after a holiday always hard. Alive: sure. Present: not yet.
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#thepinkhighlight #blackoutpoetry #poetryoftheday #presentmoment #existentialpoetry taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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25 days ago

⚪️ For years I thought I was just “too much” or “not enough” in ways I couldn’t explain. Now so much of my life makes sense in hindsight: the way I process things, the way I need quiet, the way certain things overwhelm me and certain things bring me so much peace. Getting diagnosed with autism and since then doing things that are good for me, changed me ⚪️

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#blackoutpoetry #autismdiagnosis #actuallyautistic #thepinkhighlight #ichanged taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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a month ago

🖤 Rooms full of people, faces, small talk, expectations; it adds up faster than most people realize. My senses just take in more, and by the end I’m running on empty. 🖤
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#actuallyautistic #overwhelmed #neurodivergent #autism #blackoutpoetry taken in Amsterdam by @the.pink.highlight

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