My work revisits this accident and the aftermath of my condition. Since I now live with a great gap in my memory, I wanted to explore the idea of absence. Absence of memories and absence of self. How does one feel when a gap is left in their life story? How does one talk about it or feel any emotions when they do not remember a significant part of their life? How is one’s identity affected by this lack of self? I use photography as a coping mechanism to express what I am unable to talk about; an attempt to fill these voids in my memory. https://skane95.wixsite.com/sydney-kane-photog-1/portfolio-collections/my-portfolio/project-title-6

In commemoration of Mother’s Day, the Heard partnered with Creative Push, a multimedia art and oral history project that focuses on the most formative of human experiences: birth. Our Creation Stories is a short film featuring five Native women from across the Southwest sharing their stories of the changing history, culture, and traditions of birth. A moderated panel discussion followed with Nicolle Gonzales, founder of the Changing Woman Initiative and a certified nurse-midwife, Renee Dennison, artist, and Patrisia Gonzales PhD., author of Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing.