Me, Myself and I

I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia 4 years ago. I feel pain in all my body with every breath I take. I started learning painting with watercolor about 6 months ago and one day when I was really in pain, I was trying to portray my feelings and I found myself along the lines. Fibromyalgia is a constant battle, sometimes you win and sometimes you don’t, it’s very hard to explain as it’s not only physical pain; it’s mentally too. I feel blue most of the time, but trying very hard to fight it. This is me hugging my pain and myself.

First time around, I tried to express this feeling using watercolor. But when I finally learnt Illustrator, I decided that it was a better tool to draw this since it was possible to do a polygon design and polygons feel like Fibromyalgia patients’ imperfections and struggles.