healing? (dissonant grid #1)
hi folks!
welcome to the first ever dissonant grid. i'm terrified to be putting this out there in the world; it might not be any good, it might upset people, i don't know. but it was really cathartic to make and i hope it's cathartic to solve.
this is a themed puzzle, so i'm experimenting with a lot here. in many ways its proof-of-concept, but i do invite you to think deeply about it nonetheless. i've done a lot of things i'm really quite proud of here.
here are some notes i recommend you read before the solve, to elevate the theme
1) at the end, the circled letters will spell out the subject of this puzzle
2) for the experience they tell you you should have, solve left to right, one blocked-off "chunk" at a time. for the true experience, solve in any order.
3) there is no meta answer. this is not me saying there is a meta answer. there legitimately is none. don't worry.
thanks to Onefin and Kiran for testing!