The pinkie finger on my right hand began to bleed spontaneously one day in 2006. Several times a month that
year, my pinkie would suddenly begin bleeding heavily without any provocation. Getting a correct diagnosis proved difficult. I had an extremely rare medical condition called AVM (Arterio-Venous Malformation) in my right hand. I researched and consulted with doctors to find the best treatment option, but there seemed to be nothing the doctors could do to stop the bleeding except amputate the finger. There was a battle between an angel and a devil in my heart at this time. Goethe’s Faust somehow became a metaphor for my experience. In folklore, an individual may write a pact (pactum in Latin) with the devil, usually signed with their own blood. The pact involves loss of a part of the individual, often the soul. But in my case, it involved the possibility of a physical loss, the loss of my finger. Those books are a visual statement of my physical, emotional, and spiritual journey.
year, my pinkie would suddenly begin bleeding heavily without any provocation. Getting a correct diagnosis proved difficult. I had an extremely rare medical condition called AVM (Arterio-Venous Malformation) in my right hand. I researched and consulted with doctors to find the best treatment option, but there seemed to be nothing the doctors could do to stop the bleeding except amputate the finger. There was a battle between an angel and a devil in my heart at this time. Goethe’s Faust somehow became a metaphor for my experience. In folklore, an individual may write a pact (pactum in Latin) with the devil, usually signed with their own blood. The pact involves loss of a part of the individual, often the soul. But in my case, it involved the possibility of a physical loss, the loss of my finger. Those books are a visual statement of my physical, emotional, and spiritual journey.
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