"I have dermatographia, a condition in which one’s immune system exhibits hypersensitivity, via skin, that releases excessive amounts of histamine, causing capillaries to dilate and welts to appear (lasting about thirty minutes) when the skin’s surface is lightly scratched. This allows me to painlessly draw patterns and words on my skin, which I then photograph."
this is amazing, it looks like it should be quite painful, but her words suggest that it isn't. i don't know what it is about Russell's art which intrigues me. i think it is probably that she has taken a skin condition, which would normally cause sufferers to become insular, and used it to her advantage. she photographs her patterned skin as the effect is only temporary, so the picture then acts as a record of her work. i think to deal with having a condition such as this, see the good in it, except it enough to be able to share it with others, and to see its potential for making something beautiful takes a very strong creative mind.
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