The Body Keeps The Score

“Echoes of Silence – War in the Artist’s Soul.“
Exploration of how conflict, collective trauma, and displacement resonate within the artist’s inner world.

People who have experienced trauma often have ongoing physical symptoms such as muscle tension, chronic pain, digestive problems, autoimmune disorders, and fatigue. These symptoms are signs that the body is still dealing with the trauma (Bessel van der Kolk, 2014; Peter Levine, 2010).

Terminal ileostomy

Nature can provide visual analogues of the inner and outer effect of violence and trauma on the body. However, not only can nature provide this visualizations for this inner pain, nature has also the gift and power to heal.

Fallopian tube removal

Tumor

Scoliosys

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Hysterectomy

Hernia nuclei pulposi

Rotator Cuff Rupture

Raynaud Syndrome