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Tying Knots: A language of anxiety

April 1, 2019 by Erica Mena

CW: Ableism, mental illness, lots of personal stuff   How might you read this work. If I tell you that each French knot is a wound, or is wound 3 times with 2 strands of floss around a needle poked first front to back through the postcard, then sewn through the pre-punched hole back to front, and returned through the hole. That each hole is placed individually in relation to the work as a whole as it unfolds. That I […]

Categories: Art, Teaching • Tags: ableism, academia, adjuncting, anxiety, aphantasia, art, borderline, burn out, embroidery, mental health, mental illness, neurodivergence, personal

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