It seems that whenever I set out to illustrate how my pain feels, I draw sharp angular lines.

Although I keep a ton of art supplies close by—literally in piles next to me on my sofa—, I tend to reach for my pencil and ruler and start mapping out lines.

Lines that overlap and meet at jagged points, similar to how pain criss-crosses throughout the lower region of my body; and sometimes uncomfortably creeps through my pelvis to climb up my back.

Thankfully, I love colour(s) and patterns so I rarely leave the spaces between the lines empty. I feel that if I left the lines empty they might look sad, which gratefully is not how I feel about my life regardless of my health challenges.

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