Continual Disconnect.

How do you show invisible pain? How do you show pain that is untraceable? Pain that is indescribable? How do you show pain that only you can feel? How do you show pain without accepting pity, sorrow, or worry? Is it possible?

This is the beginning of a journey of bringing my body into focus in hopes of understanding what is happening beneath the surface. Elements of pain and sharpness manifest themselves in my prints, finding representation in 3-dimensional forms. In hopes that I can piece together some sort of conclusion, this project is my way of organizing my thoughts and symptoms onto, and beyond, paper.

My pain is ever-evolving, and my journey with chronic illness has been full of long and frustrating dead ends. I still do not have an answer to the ever-important question: What is wrong with me? As a form of self preservation, my brain has caused a disconnect between itself and my body - a disconnect that I am terrified of reconnecting. My body is extremely unpredictable and I must live at its mercy, but this is how I take back control.