Touch response

 

Finger Prints
Digital drawing
1536 x 2048px

"The fingertips and tongue are much more sensitive than the back. Some parts of the body are ticklish, and others respond when we itch, shiver, or get gooseflesh."-  Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman, pp. 68

"But the skin is also alive, breathing and excreting, shielding us from harmful rays and microbial attack, metabolizing vitamin D, insulating us from heat and cold, repairing itself when necessary, regulating blood flow, acting as a frame for our sense of touch, aiding us in sexual attraction, defining our individuality, holding all the thick red jams and jellies inside us where they belong. Not only do we have fingerprints, we have unique pore patterns." -Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of The Senses

Statement-

When I had read those statements I imagined our skin being as sensitive as a growing flower. Much like flowers, our skin endures the harshness of everyday life, though through all that it grows and reforms beautifully. 

"Witch"

digital line art

1363 x 1385px

"In the Middle Ages, so-called witches and others who lived on the outskirts of the law, piety, or convention were burned at the stake. Mimicking the fire and brimstone of hell, it was the ultimate horror. Death would happen cell by cell, receptor by receptor; each of life's minute sensations would be torched."-A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman pp. 69

Statement-

I've always found the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600s to be absolutely fascinating. The idea of life continuing on even after something so devastating happened to so many people. This is what I wanted to show in my drawing. Though the reminder of death and pain is there, nature and life continued to bloom even after death had once been so prevalent there.