Brain Injury: Recovery for Life!

Explanation of Mask: This mask represents my recovery process since my 2007 motorcycle accident and the numerous concussions and a stroke that have followed.  The color dots represent my brain in constant repair mode, the arrow is the piercing pain of recovery.  The eye presents the fragile hope that I continue to live independently.  The left side of the mask represents the day I picked my bike from the shop.  The colors represent the sunny blue skies, Minnequa Lake, green grass and mountains.  The left eye and the color dots are how my brain was working and reacting to what had occured.  The colors of the  center and right side represent the impact the accident had on my life.  The black eye is the despair, fear and anger I felt as I slowly began to understand that my cognitive, emotional and physical capabilities were most likely changed forever.  I forgot to put my motorcycle helmet on.