Found out about this artist today.  She has an autoimmune disease just like me.  Unlike mine though, her’s affects her skin and results in hypersensitivity because of excessive amounts of histamine that dilate her capillaries and cause welts.

She uses her own skin as a canvas, exploring what happens when her skin is subjected to different prods, touches, and pokes.  She can create patterns and texts on the surface of her body just by using the specific properties of her own physiology.  She shows us that autoimmunity is not automatically ugly; rather, it can be beautiful, unique even.