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My IBDP Visual Arts Exhibition on Narcolepsy

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     Myriad Inquietudes About three years ago, I moved to Fiji . Despite seemingly adapting to change well, it was inwardly very hard for me to fit in. I was experiencing a severe sleep disorder along with scary hallucinations, sleep paralysis, and lucid dreams. No matter how tired I felt, as soon as I got in bed, my mind and body uncontrollably entered this sinister dimension sensationally. I would often find myself in very dark spots which were hard to escape. It was challenging to open up: who would really believe if I told them I could see shady white smoky figures in the sea, in the sky, or pulling me upward and sucking all the air out of my mouth as I lay in bed? Nine months back, I was told that my experiences could be related to the condition known as 'narcolepsy'.  The six artworks I decided to create for my exhibition reflect my experiences as a visual memoir of the uncanny episodes my corporeal and unembodied self underwent; since over time, my mind brainw...