For Nadia: My Proudest Project

This is the first project I created at Parsons. It also serves as my proudest project. I struggled with my sickness for as long as I remember living with it. I feared that taking my ailments out of my body and putting them onto a picture plane would be further proof that my chronic illness existed. While I knew and accepted that my reality consisted of a cyclic existence of pain and recovery, it was still difficult to internalize what it could mean for me in realms that existed outside the medical diagnosis.

The flora displayed are healing flowers that were historically used to treat symptoms of the sickness I was born with. The words are part of the poem of an Irish poet. I laid each flower out to give the illusion of congestion and clarity. With the most prominent flowers swarming the text, and the longer flowers and plants standing alone and sparse along the picture plane.

When I look at this poster, I see less of the artistic poise, process, or even construct that makes up the piece, although careful consideration went into the choice and display of each flower. Instead, I see my process of accepting and forgiving my body. Allowing space for it to let be.

 

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