"Not only do we long to know how fast we can run, how high we can jump, how long we can hold our breath under water - we also like to keep checking these limits regularly to see if they've changed. Why? What difference does it make?" Pain pg. 101-102 After reading this quote from the section discussing pain, I made the very poor decision to not reapply sunscreen at the beach, thinking I'd be fine. I was absolutely wrong and ended up with a horrible sunburn on my back. When I began brainstorming pieces to create, I looked at the quotes I underlined while reading and this one struck me since it very much mimicked my reality. I chose to create this piece as a print because it would allow me to produce the exact same image as many times as I wanted. I repeated the image of the female back in red ink three times without reapplying the ink so that the image would fade to mimic how my sunburn faded as it healed. As much as I'd like to think I've learned fro...
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