UChicago Magazine Feature

This acrylic painting discusses the physical healing of a wound, such as a cut, in the body, metaphorically linking it to emotional trauma. A protein called fibrin draws together blood cells, or memories, to form the body’s internal Band-Aid. In this process of emotional healing, memories are not destroyed- the insights and learning gained from these memories illuminate the healing process, warming the space of the healed soul within.

This painting was featured on UChicago Medicine magazine! I started this painting a year ago and the main themes were physiological healing as a metaphor for emotional healing, and viewing memories not as the enemy, but as scaffolding to be built upon for healing in the future. The sentiment was fully realized in my heart back then, but the events of the past couple months have put us all in hard physical and emotional places, making that metaphor just that much more relevant.

Click on the painting to go to its full size image on my site!