City: Kaneohe, HI

Brain Injury: Stroke

Explanation of Mask:
The mask is red to represent sadness and holding my feelings in. The blue sequence represents the tears I hold back.
The mask is smiling because I’m always smiling to hide my real feelings.
The feathers represent the feelings that I’m not free to “fly” around and do what I want to do.
The silver ball in my smile is saying “here I am!” I’m not invisible. Having a brain injury makes me feel like I have a disease that keeps people away.