Name: Joy

City: Winooski, VT

Brain Injury: Multiple severe concussions – Sports/accidents

Explanation of Mask:  My mask is about showing the layers of my TBI. It is important to me to keep my unique aspects that me, me.  The purple, pink & blue yarn represents my hair the is the same color, The red streaks around my forehead are the constant migraine and other pain and pressure in my head.  The tack is the ice picking pain that happens.  The metal going in and out of m hear is my “short circuiting “ when I get stuck.  The dark gray over my eyes represents my light sensitivity, while the other gray is depression. My perfectly red lips reflects my motto when I’m feeling down; a fun and whimsical quote from Coco Chanel: “If your sad, ad more lipstick and attack”