![]() On the hallucinations she had while she was in the hospital And she says, "Mama, I know that they told you you're not going to walk again, but I really believe you will." It's in those moments when everything seems so dark that the most beautiful things happen. She's standing beside the drafting table and I'm drawing and I draw a wheelchair and I think she's going to draw me sitting in the wheelchair, but she draws me standing up out of it. And I think it essentializes the experience of being human, to see light in darkness.įor me, the moments of beauty when I duct taped a quill pen to my hand and I'm shaking, knocking the bottles of ink, and my daughter steadies my hand and helps me put the quill down. There's the way that light shows in darkness and it is extremely beautiful. On why she chose to draw and write about dark subjects Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Author Emil Ferris ![]()
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