The writer and multidisciplinary artist believed that people "play in the shadows a lot", and often played a role, and concealed parts of themselves.

Ms Raschke, a counselling and psychotherapy student, has been determined to create spaces where residents can express themselves anonymously, through interactive installations and writing workshops.

"[They can] share something [in] themselves in public without exposing themselves," she said.

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"A lot of recent installations have tended to be interactive and ask audience for a response to a question."

One installation was the Before I Die art project - a blackboard where residents were asked to finish the sentence "Before I die, I would like to..." however they wanted.

Ms Raschke collaborated with local artists Martin Bretherick and Monica Donoso throughout the initiative.

It was part of a global project which travelled to the Shaggy Cow, the Bowral Library and the University of Wollongong Campus in Moss Vale.

Another exhibition she said many people came forward for was the Soul Secrets wall, which travelled across Bowral, Katoomba and Nowra.

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Residents were asked to write down things others might not know about them, but wished they knew.

"Some interpreted it as a secret... [they might] feel misjudged or come across a certain way," Ms Raschke said.

The Highlands local also helped bring the community together with the national Compassionate Communities initiative, which encouraged Australians to learn more about end-of-life-care in 2018.

The creator has also brought this desire for audiences to ask questions to her installation Liminal Leaves, which is part of the x pollination exhibition at Retford Park.

The exhibition is a combination of works from the local group Artists of the Round Yard, which has been on display since early November.

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Ms Raschke has sanitised and dipped locally-sourced Eucalyptus branches into white paint, and has left text for viewers to find.

"The branches are hung and connected with red thread, with some text discretely written on the leaves, a memento of the unifying life force that once bonded the branches," she said.

"As a commentary on the erasure of nature's pollinating potential, Liminal Leaves prompts audiences to reflect on humanity's impacts on the planet throughout the era of the Anthropocene."

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She has also written books full of poems titled Lightning Shades, The Beguilings and Luscious Glass Cage.

The exhibition can be seen until February 7.

Highlanders can learn more about Ms Rashcke and her bodies of work on her personal website.

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