Name: Willow

City: Plymouth

Brain Injury: Car accident: age 4, coma + head + neck trauma, Lupus with cerebral involvment: age 30-42, stroke: age 40

Explanation of Mask: Odin, a Norse god, had two companions- a pair of ravens named Hugin and Munin.  Hugin means thought and Munin means memory/mind.  Every day the two ravens would fly away and come back with information for Odin.  In a poem from that time, Odin states his FEAR that the birds (his mind, thought, memory) will not return.  I have lived with that fear and am so grateful to be back again.

The colors I used are grateful colors- calm + peaceful, but the edges are jagged.  Sometimes I have to work hard to be calm.  

The feathers are just for fun.  A gift from this whole experience is to re-prioritize what is important to me.  Art and the ability to be creative and playful are a joy for me to share with others.