Mo Regulinski: Healing Avatars & Healthy Choices

Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age three, 莫的早期生活包括一个“可怕的”注射器和维持生命的胰岛素注射针, 22岁时，她被诊断出患有糖尿病视网膜病变，导致一只眼睛失明(幸运的是，这只眼睛大部分被治愈了)。, 还有一种自述的奇怪痴迷:当糖尿病的治疗方法被威尼斯彩票游戏时，他会为一场巨大的篝火收集胰岛素瓶.

Though she’s still awaiting the cure, 一旦莫过了“你将在35岁时死去”这一关, 她开始重新考虑自己的疾病，并将自己的观点转变为感恩. 她开始对慢性病迫使她做出的健康选择心存感激, which inspired her “Healing Avatar” series. 该系列包括七个化身——或可穿戴艺术品——代表糖尿病患者生活的七个方面, and has given Mo an opportunity to reconsider, remake, and reuse: “In this work I reconsider this disease, 我庆祝它给我的生活带来的积极方面. I remake those old ideas into new beliefs. I really do believe I am better every day! And I’m reusing the objects that are important to me. 这些对我来说很重要，它们被认为是垃圾，应该被扔进垃圾堆. 我能够以一种积极的方式重新使用它们，这样你就有希望受到启发，创造自己的艺术.”

Mo brought four of the Healing Avatars with her; three were modeled by students:

Teagan S. ’21 modeled the Needles 阿凡达，代表帮助莫保持健康的药. 这是莫的第一个作品，也是这个问题的答案, “What would the 36,插在我身体里的795根针看起来好像是指向外面的?” Resembling Roman body armor, except designed for the feminine form, this piece is empowering to wear.

蒂根分享了一些她作为莫的模99499威尼斯信誉的经历, saying, "When Mo first came for runway practice, I was nervous and excited. 每个人都说她用的是回收材料, I was expecting something completely different. However, 我真的很感激这种意外，因为这是对健康的一种全新的看法. Wearing her piece, Needles, I felt like a warrior-goddess. 莫为女性设计了针甲, 而不是大多数女性盔甲被改造成男性盔甲. 听到她的创作过程和故事非常鼓舞人心, 我很高兴能和她以及她的作品有一段幕后经历."

Marlow B. ’22 wore the Exercise Avatar, 代表了影响健康的最简单和最有效的方式, 即使在大赛道上转几圈也会导致血糖水平降低. The body is symbolized by the silk velveteen jumpsuit, which is protected by the cuirass made of bicycle tires. (See Marlow's report on Mo's visit in the Spirit of Creativity story.)

The 800 dehydrated clementine orange peels of the Food Avatar, worn by Lilly R. ’22, 说明健康食品在治疗糖尿病等慢性疾病时所起的作用.

The fourth Healing Avatar, Wings, was displayed on a mannequin, 它代表了生存和繁荣之间的选择. 展出的翅膀重复使用了5年的胰岛素瓶和针头, which brought a newer, albeit frightening, narrative to the fore. 胰岛素的价格在过去几年里上涨了500%, 这篇文章中使用的胰岛素瓶价值约28美元,000!

The other three Avatars: Perspective (你可以脾气暴躁，也可以心存感激，这会影响你的感受)， Humor (laughing helps you feel better), and Freedom (the cure!) were not on display.

On Saturday, 在艺术周末期间，莫举办了两次工作坊，女孩们合作设计并制作了一件她们自己的可穿戴艺术品，这些艺术品是用回收材料制作的, inspired by the nature of Foxcroft.

Helen Cudahy Niblack ' 42艺术系列讲座由Austi Brown ' 73创立，以纪念她的母亲. Since it began in 2007, the series has brought a variety of literary, performing, and fine artists to Foxcroft to share their work, stories, 以及对学生和更大社区的创造性过程的本质的看法. Niblack系列的目标之一是为艺术家提供在舒适和熟悉的环境中分享他的艺术之旅的机会, 为思想交流创造了空间，这可能会激发一两个威尼斯彩票游戏女孩追逐自己的艺术梦想.