I love the art, Bryn! This whole piece is very resonant, as someone who lives with a chronic illness in remission and who experienced acute drug induced lupus when I was 11. The road to acceptance, instead of feeling like my body was attacking me, was a bit long.
Truly, the part of this piece I loved the most was where I was not the only one who remembers Stacy had diabetes in the babysitters club books.
"(How someone came to the idea of smearing it on skin, though, is a mystery. Maybe an equally graceful person with psoriasis fell on a freshly-paved road over 100 years ago?)" - I was wondering the same thing and have wondered when reading bottles of scalp treatment shampoo. Who came up with that? Sounds like a dig into the science archives at some point!
The BSC reference is on point, too!
Your choice for art for this piece was stunning, love them all.
A beautiful post, and such beautiful art, Bryn. I love how you've represented yourself here, and I'm tempted to try some autoimmunity art of my own. Thank you for the inspiration!
I've never come across The Babysitters Club, but I remember getting very upset with Julia Roberts portraying Shelby, the character with diabetes, in Steel Magnolias. 'I'm nothing LIKE that when I'm hypo - she's massively overacting!' I told the person watching it with me. 'You're right: you're NOTHING like that', he said. 'You're WORSE!'
I love the art, Bryn! This whole piece is very resonant, as someone who lives with a chronic illness in remission and who experienced acute drug induced lupus when I was 11. The road to acceptance, instead of feeling like my body was attacking me, was a bit long.
Truly, the part of this piece I loved the most was where I was not the only one who remembers Stacy had diabetes in the babysitters club books.
Food for thought here.
"(How someone came to the idea of smearing it on skin, though, is a mystery. Maybe an equally graceful person with psoriasis fell on a freshly-paved road over 100 years ago?)" - I was wondering the same thing and have wondered when reading bottles of scalp treatment shampoo. Who came up with that? Sounds like a dig into the science archives at some point!
The BSC reference is on point, too!
Your choice for art for this piece was stunning, love them all.
A beautiful post, and such beautiful art, Bryn. I love how you've represented yourself here, and I'm tempted to try some autoimmunity art of my own. Thank you for the inspiration!
I've never come across The Babysitters Club, but I remember getting very upset with Julia Roberts portraying Shelby, the character with diabetes, in Steel Magnolias. 'I'm nothing LIKE that when I'm hypo - she's massively overacting!' I told the person watching it with me. 'You're right: you're NOTHING like that', he said. 'You're WORSE!'
Charming. 🤣
I liked your "Layers" collage. Also Ben's comment. 🙂