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Untitled 1:
With this work, the artist hoped to draw attention to the need for greater awareness of FND and its many comorbidities, and the challenges that can come with these conditions. The many incorporated colors represent awareness campaigns for such conditions: orange for FND, purple for fibromyalgia and epilepsy, and green for mental health. The contrasting sides of the orange brain featured in the centre of the work illustrate the stigmatizing interactions people with FND face versus the already difficult and sometimes overwhelming reality of symptoms. Taken together, these elements highlight the unnecessary challenge stigmatizing attitudes and a lack of knowledge add to the day-to-day experience of people living with FND and the need for change.
Untitled 2:
This artwork captures the wordless processing that art can enable - letting go of the heaviness and frustration that FND and associated stigma can bring - and tuning into the experience of the creative process instead.The artist worked with multi-media collage for its sensory and tactile elements, allowing their creative flow and embodied experience to guide the process as opposed to trying to communicate any one thing. It stands as a counterpoint to the first artwork - allowing multiple facets of their experience as a person with FND to exist together.
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