SICK ART

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How do we measure our health?

​How do we measure our wellness?

How do we measure our levels of sickness?

​What does one do with over 300 used plastic pill bottles? 

What does one do with over 150 empty vials & syringes?

What does one do with the remnants of $100,000 worth of medications and procedures?

What can one do while in 5 hour long chemo treatments - a total of 60 times (300 hours)?

Why do we manufacture strong containers that carry medicine to weak bodies?

Why can't we focus on healing instead of fighting insurance claims and killing ourselves at work in an effort to stay alive one more day?

How do we tell the story of our struggles?
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How do we heal?

Learn to love trash.

Start to refuse. 

Pill Bottle AS Paint Brush 

Pill Bottle As Paint Brush - with Minis

2023, 8x10 framed canvas (60 total pieces in series)

Eye refuse

Pill Bottle - Mirror

EYe Love Trash

Pill Bottle - Glasses 

B-12 Battles

​A pernicious anemia POV.

Pill Bottle - self Portrait

Medical LuchaDor

PLanks a lot

"Planking is an activity consisting of lying in a face down position, sometimes in an unusual or incongruous location. The palms of the hands are typically touching the sides of the body and the toes are typically touching the ground. Some players compete to find the most unusual and original location in which to play. The term planking refers to mimicking a wooden plank. Planking can include lying flat on a flat surface, or holding the body flat while it is supported in only some regions, with other parts of the body suspended. Many participants in planking have photographed the activity in unusual locations and have shared such pictures through social media."
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Los Angeles, CA, USA (Hollywood Bowl - Diana Ross Concert)
While the "planking fad" became popular in 2011, my first plank was in 2012 at the Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, CA) and I have never stopped since.

It would seem I plank as much as I sit in a chemo chair for infusions. So it's the "yin" to my "yang" and my response to wanting to live each day to the fullest.