City/State: Chattanooga

Brain Injury: I was in a horrible automobile accident in 1994.  I sustained a serious brain injury.  I awoke from my coma, I had 10 years missing from memory.  I was married at the time and did not even remember anything about my husband or that marriage as it was a part of the 10 years erased from my mind.  I went home from the hospital and rehab with a “complete stranger.”  My process to learn information changed but not my ability to do it.  The frustrating part of my injury is the information is there, I temporarily can’t always access it when I need it. 

Explanation of Mask: The little tags are symbolic of the memory I lost.  My mask represents the explosion of my memories that I lost as the thoughts escape my brain.  I “Put My Best Face Forward” as this displays my need to always be put together.  I want to present to the world an image of always being “the best I can be and do the best I can in all that I try to do.”