My work serves as a means of healing and processing the mental burden of living with epilepsy. Epilepsy is a condition that affects the mind and causes the host to have seizures. I was diagnosed with the condition in 2013, but have experienced symptoms of epilepsy  since 2011. I struggled to understand the condition and how I came to have it. Through my work, I have unpacked memories that I would have liked to forget and confronted the fact that I have to live with it. Creating my work, and thereby easing the mental burden that comes with the disease, has been critical in preserving my sanity. Each piece explores a different memory or journey I have had while living with the disease. Though epilepsy does not define me, it lurks in the back of my mind as I am constantly vulnerable to seizures, which at any time may bring me to my knees. 

My pieces document the battle happening in my mind. They are based on the places I have gone in search of healing, the trauma of being epileptic, the effect this condition has had on those around me, and the side-effects of my medication. Talking about the condition allows me to face it head on, and creating my work means fighting to the end. 

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