The Unsustainable Lightness of Not Being

This piece explores the tension between being seen and feeling erased. While the central eye remains alert—a symbol of the internal hyper-awareness required to live with an invisible illness—the surrounding fabric is fractured, frayed, and unraveling. It captures the physical and mental exhaustion of trying to hold oneself together when the body feels inherently precarious. The "lightness" in the title isn't about ease; it is about the terrifying sensation of disappearing, of weightlessness, while the world watches. Ultimately, the work stands as a testament to systemic rupture and the universal human struggle to remain present, visible, and whole within a framework that fails to see us.