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| Gratitude Gifts: Kristy Lopez |
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| Pain Atlas in Motion: Stephanie Tichenor |
Kristy Lopez's art piece Gratitude Gifts: Rescue, Abundance, Sorry, Adventure, Bloom, Lover's soup, support, Middle, Roots, Only, Leo is a piece that displays clay works. These were gratitude gifts to those that are close in her life. I loved the project in particular because she made gifts for those in her inner circles, as well as a gift for herself. Personally, I am a person that has gift-giving and words of affirmation love languages. This artist made me realize that you also have to be kind to yourself and show your own self gratitude. Lopez also writes that she is a perfectionist, to which I relate to many aspects of life. I feel her project does a good job of expressing your inner emotions about those close to you and reflecting on yourself can be an enlightening experience. Her project encouraged me to do the same. I write letters to myself, thanking me for being me. I express to my friends how much they mean to me.
Stephanie Tichenor's Pain Atlas in Motion displays a puppet with sticker symbols that represent pain. I especially loved this project because it does an amazing job at depicting the different forms of feelings people can have about the personal pain they experience. The health care world seems to cater to Neurotypical people or the chart medical professionals follow may make people feel like outsiders. If one doesn't feel a certain way and struggles to express their experience, then it makes diagnosing them and creating a treatment plan difficult. In Tichenor's experience, she felt disliked by her healthcare providers and disconnected. Projects such as this raise awareness to how limiting our healthcare systems are and how they don't cater to those who need help.
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