City: Portsmouth

Brain Injury: Motorcycle accident due to drinking and driving.  Among many other injuries to my body, portions of my parietal and frontal lobes were removed, which control the left side of my body.

Explanation of Mask: The grey side represents the dark gloomy life due to depression I Lived before my injury for 14 years.  The right side represents the bright, happy life I live now.  The broken chains the represents the depression being erased from my life.  The “reset life” on the mouth represents how my life was changed forever, for the better, that night. The quote under the left eye represents what it says.  “Who I am hates who I’ve been.” And the quote on my forehead further explains how life as I knew it changed in the blink of an eye.  Overall, the mask shows that I am now happier that I’ve ever been, and I’m in a better place than before my injury.