The following body of work was shown at the St. Edward's Fine Arts Gallery in Austin, TX as part of the group show, "Against the Grain".
"Pins and Needles" delves into my suppressed anger towards the invasive relationship I have with Type One Diabetes. It disturbs every aspect of my life.
During my daily diabetic rituals, I feel like a human pincushion. "Pins and Needles" is derived from a combination of my struggle with diabetes and voodoo doll lore. Voodoo dolls are used as a means of control, to force a person to do another’s bidding. I often feel like a voodoo doll being controlled by my Type One. I am forced to prick and prod at my own body in order to live.
Though I am in no way defined by my disease, it will always be a part of me. I may loathe it, but it's taught me a different kind of responsibility that I wouldn’t have learned otherwise.
