I've been working on and giggling over a piece called 12 Bad Eggs for the last two days. It's my ode to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - commonly referred to as PCOS or PCOD. It's an annoyance with which I've been living for about a decade, but which resurfaced as an issue earlier this year when I had to choose between having a working digestive system and the meds that were controlling the PCOS. I chose having a tummy that didn't look like swiss cheese and must admit that I'm having much more fun NOT writhing on the floor in pain after every couple of meals.

ALMOST FINISHED - it just needs the text ("12 Bad Eggs") attached when the paint and gel medium finishes drying.
Detail. My favorite is the one flipping the bird to the fallopian tube:

I also have a soft spot for the "alien egg" which is a shout out to Dr. Lisa Capaldini in San Francisco, my favoritest doctor EVER. She was the first to diagnose (jokingly, of course) my collection of auto-immune diseases and other weird-ass disorders as Space Alienism. BTW, despite Lisa's insightful discovery, I don't think the disorder was ever published in JAMA.
I have absolutely NO CLUE if there is anyone out there on this planet who will find this as funny and cathartic as I do, let alone buy it (I think it will be about $70 on Etsy), but I needed to make it just the same.
As much as I hate that you're going through this, I do find your piece funny. Love the alien egg as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dee! I feel pretty much the same. Ya gotta laugh, yeah?
ReplyDeleteVery neat, and soulfull. You should submit it:
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...scroll down to "Somerset Memories" and then read "Show us your true self- tattoos and all." Just a thought.
Thanks Jo Anne! I've been distracted with the new doggie for the last couple of days, but I'm going to finish this up and I think I WILL submit it!
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