Hello Ariana, My name’s Denisa and I’m from France. I am 14 years old. I wanted to write you an email to tell you that I have the same “problem” with my skin. I’ve searched for two years for the name of my skin disease and one week ago I finally found it on your
We are all voyeurs at some point. At least I know I am. I have always been inclined to observe the intimacy of others, if what we call intimacy can be susceptible to being eyed. I believe intimacy is something that – when it exists and occurs – must be apprehensible, and so, I am
The following is written by Skinwriter Anonymous. I wrote some thoughts on the matter below his story. Some breakthroughs fixing my Dermatographia urticaria by Skinwriter Anonymous (19 july 2014) I spend much time going through all message boards, articles and publications since the day I discovered I had dermatographia, trying to find a solution or
My life’s path has been restrictive due to circumstances beyond my control and for the first time in my life, I have the freedom to steer away and do what I CHOOSE rather than the limited scope I have been given. I’m looking forward to traveling towards undefined destinations and letting things happen as they
I experienced many of the same things you described, whenever I scratched my face people thought something major had happened! I embrace it now. I identify as an artist and I see my body as an extension of my sketchbook. -Nitasha Deogun Nitasha and I met on Instagram. She’s an artist interested in skin, patterns,
I love the fact that drawing skin needs just a line, and you’ve built a frontier between the outside and the intimate. -Nataly S. Nataly is an artist living in France (her work can be viewed here) and she wrote to me about her own experience with skin cancer, after reading my post Why It’s
