Tag: traumatic brain injury
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Capturing recovery from trauma on canvas
Eliette MarkhbeinNew York, United States Her biography I came to painting as a result of trauma. A journalist covering arts and culture for European and American magazines for 25 years, I suffered a traumatic brain and spine injury in 2004, the consequence of being struck by a speeding car. I picked up brushes a year…
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WHACK’ed … and then everything was different: portraits of traumatic brain injury survivors
Eliette MarkhbeinNew York, United States My show, WHACK’ed . . . and then everything was different, honors traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors who changed perceptions of TBI and disability and became role models for millions. The series of large scale portraits personify the various causes of TBI as well as the diversity of people it…
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Psychological effects of warfare on veterans and their families
Brittany LewisJacksonville, North Carolina, United States We hear the terms PTSD and TBI often. When civilians think of these diagnoses they all too often picture a man home broken from combat, possibly wearing a long trench coat and carrying a gun in his hand, who may just fly off at any given moment and kill…