In her first book, 'Finding Me Beyond Illness', the author invites readers to see beyond the physical symptoms of illness and explore the deeper dimensions of the illness experience. Drawing from her own journey and using her art as a medium, she encourages us to embrace a more humanistic approach towards illness, identity, inclusion, and communication. The book introduces the author's unique art concept that helps articulate the subjective world of feeling that is often hard to express through words. By bringing a sensory dimension to the patient-clinician conversation, her artwork opens new ways of seeing and understanding, bridging the gap between the biomedical focus of disease and the human focus of the illness experience.
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The book is a collection of the author's artwork, thoughts, ideas, and experiences, that aim to create awareness, open dialogue, and foster agency about facilitating the expression of illness. The author's visual narrative presents a rich tapestry of emotions, colours, and textures that speak to the universal human experience of illness, loss, and healing. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of art, health, and humanity.
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Through her book, the author poses some profound questions: can visually capturing the invisible subjective world of feeling bring about a meaningful difference to someone going through an illness? Can it help them make better connections with those feelings, or understand and accept them? Can it help them communicate those feelings to others? The book offers a thought-provoking and inspiring journey towards discovering the healing power of art and empathy.

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