Polar and Bi – Episode II

Bipolar disorder affects many individuals; emotions of joy and despair are juxtaposed with the flow of mania and depression. It comes and goes, and ebbs and flows without warning or notice. Often combined with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, a person can be afflicted and not know it until they find themselves lost. I conquer it by creating art that exposes the intensity of the sensations with color. The rigid order of stitches, adjacent to the chaos of gathered fuzzy silk ribbon, brings peace.