When Sarah Lippet was 18 years old and started painting, what she feared was that this would be her last work of art.
After spending her childhood struggling with complex symptoms, she underwent brain and other invasive tests and after a misdiagnosis, she discovered that she was suffering from a rare disease that affects one in one million people in the UK and narrows the arteries in the brain. increasing the risk of stroke.
“I gave the design to the nurse and asked her to keep it because it might have been my last work of art. As I sat there, I realized that painting was always a coping mechanism. He helped me escape. It was a real help. “
During this period, Lippet turned to art and eventually continued her studies in illustration and at university and finally published her illustrated designs, A Puff Of Smoke, in 2019.
Through them she tells the story of her shocking and turbulent childhood illness through live comics in pastel colors (inspired by the colors of her father’s uniform when she was little) which is at the same time heartbreaking and humorous.
“I wanted to share my story for many years, but I was never ready to tell it because it was such a traumatic experience. But I have felt that the diagnostic journey of patients is often not told and people do not realize that it can take many years to diagnose a disease. “I felt like as a child, it was amazing to hear another story similar to my own, because I felt so isolated and alone.”
Despite having an “obsession with art” as a child, as soon as Ananya Rao-Middleton, 28, suffered a serious head injury in an accident in 2018, she really started coming into contact with her creative side.
“I really could not do much. I could not look at screens because my eyes hurt and I was dizzy. “I could not watch TV or send a message to friends.”
Once she got tired of listening to podcasts over and over again, Ananya decided to try watercolor painting.
“I felt it was the only activity I could do that did not take away my energy,” he says.
“Painting was a moment of peace. He helped me heal. When I was painting, I was not trying to analyze my symptoms, I was not feeling anxious. It was healing. “
For these women, as for many artists facing chronic illnesses, there is always a cloud of uncertainty about what the future holds for their health. And that is scary.
But this is what Sarah Lippett said: “I still live with my illness and last year I had a relapse when my kidney disease came back. But planning for this disease in real time and being able to post it on social media helped me work out what was going on. “This visual outlet saved me.”
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