Ok, not gonna lie but this drawing that I just finished means a lot to me. It's autobiographical, and it's based off of this one of the specific time I remember as a kid! For those who don't know, I have epilepsy and got diagnosed when I was just a baby.
My childhood was filled with week/ month long seizure studies at the local children's hospital, and since I've been getting those same seizure studies done again as an adult, I started thinking about those times when I was a kid again.
My childhood was filled with week/ month long seizure studies at the local children's hospital, and since I've been getting those same seizure studies done again as an adult, I started thinking about those times when I was a kid again.
I remember as a kid, I would get really upset and annoyed at all the wires on my head and especially how much the glue and pressure hurt after a while, until it hit me. The wires gave me rainbow hair! I was 5 years old, and I finally reached a realization that made me hate it a lot less! Thinking about it again, I decided to draw what I remembered!
Also the Betty Spaghetti dolls are important to the memory too. They had plastic wire-like hair that was colorful! Playing with them is what gave me the idea that my wires could count as "hair" too!
Note: This was back in 2000. Currently with studies like these you can carry around the device that connects all the wires in a pocket so you could move around. As a kid, they had to stay connected to the wall at all times or on a huge device that could only be moved by the doctor. Again, I drew it how I remembered it!
Also the Betty Spaghetti dolls are important to the memory too. They had plastic wire-like hair that was colorful! Playing with them is what gave me the idea that my wires could count as "hair" too!
Note: This was back in 2000. Currently with studies like these you can carry around the device that connects all the wires in a pocket so you could move around. As a kid, they had to stay connected to the wall at all times or on a huge device that could only be moved by the doctor. Again, I drew it how I remembered it!
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(Artwork shown © Allison Gajewski - 2023)
(Artwork shown © Allison Gajewski - 2023)
