Blueprint to my brain. 6 cyanotypes on paper. Edition of 1.

2021

This piece is composed of 6 cyanotypes based on MRIs of my brain.

This is my most personal piece ever, forcing me to disclose part of my medical history, but never has any of my work felt quite so pressing and urgent to make.

For as long as I have needed regular MRIs, I have looked at the images and seen in them something beyond their clinical context, something beautiful and fragile. For a long time, I didn’t know the best way to express it; I circled around the images, waiting to figure it out. And as soon as I started printing cyanotypes, I knew this piece would need to be made, I knew it finally make sense.

With these images, with this blueprint to my brain, I can explore my emotions and expose the most vulnerable parts of me. I can take control of something that has caused me so much pain and fear, and I can turn it into beauty and hope.