Floating Through It

This piece explores my journey through a sensation I would have as a child before surgery. It was a disorienting feeling, as if my bed was turning vertical, and an overwhelming experience I would float away. This sensation would occur before major surgery—I still experience it when I have to go through a procedure. On the sides of the piece, I obscured parts of the rib cage, creating triangular shapes that could almost resemble palm leaves. This speaks to me trying to make sense of what I was going through and cope with the disconnection I've often felt.