Autoimmune Disease - Diagnosis Journey & RubyFEST
Hello friends and followers.
I feel that it is time to share on my public art platform about more details of my current life.
The first thing that I want to say is that, literally every moment of a day I am physically able to work on art, I am streaming it on my Twitch.tv for you to join in! So please follow me on twitch as MeheenRuby.
I’m actually typing this during a stream.
It’s a good way to boost my mood while “working” - I am on medical leave from all work at the moment and using art as a therapy tool to cope with my illness rather than a way to generate income since the first week of May.
In April I began to feel some serious health symptoms. The symptoms have progressed to the point where after early May I was physically unable to drive or complete my job tasks and many common household tasks.
As some of the physical symptoms have alleviated, specifically the pinched nerve injury, I still have serious symptoms from Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Uterine fibroids and potential Endometriosis, and an Autoimmune myopathy, potentially myositis in some form.
Over the next several months I have many scheduled appointments including a consultation about proceeding with a diagnostic surgery.
I am optimistic and heartened by the love and support of my community.
Please clear your calendars for Friday, September 13th. I would like to share with you not just my work but the work of my support system of loving and talented artists, musicians, writers, scientists, and teachers.
I have received nothing but help from my community. Whatever ails me, I plan to adjust and heal as much as is reasonable. For now I have secure access to health care. However that may not always be the case if I am unable to do some serious fundraising. Shockingly my first needs fundraiser to cover housing costs and medical bill support became fully funded within 3 days and exceeded my expectations.
Please reach out to me if you would like to be involved in the first annual RubyFEST.
New Show! YAC Alumni at the Monterey Museum of Art, Pacific Street.
Very excited to announce that Friday, January 23 marks the opening reception of my first "big girl" museum group show! I will be exhibiting alongside many longtime mentors and dear friends in a celebration of the amazing community experiment that is Youth Arts Collective.
You can learn more about the reason I can say that I am an artist, my motivation for creation, at www.yacstudios.org.
The show will run until May 2015 so please check it out before the run is up!
Keep in touch for more shows and news of my art life. Until next time, much love.