Recently I had some great communication with Humeyra from The Netherlands. Dear Ariana, My name is Humeyra I am 17 years old and I live in The Netherlands. I saw an article about your art on a website called www.vrouwen.nl and I have some questions about your “sickness”. I think I have the same thing,
Tag: dermatographia
“I’m very interested in the historical periods of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment when artistic and scientific interest turned toward the understanding and exploring of our physical being and the nature of its malaise. It seems to me that at a personal level we all have to retrace this path of discovery about the physical,
Welcome Phoebe Duff, fellow dermatographic ;’) Phoebe posts lovely photos on Instagram, so I reached out to her for an interview: Skin Tome (ST): Do you try to hide the fact that you have dermatographia, or do most people know you have it? Phoebe Duff (PD): With people I have never met before I try
Frequently I get emails asking me if those of us with dermatographia can get tattooed. Yes, we can. I have tattoos, and no, I’ve never had any problems getting them. What seems to happen is my system gets worn out from releasing all that histamine in response to
Hi Ariana, I’ve been looking at your blogs and pictures recently, and i just love your work! Some of the patterns you create are just beautiful. Ive only had this condition about 3 years, and literally found out in the last few weeks what it was called. So as you can imagine I’m a sponge
(screen shot from Invigorate.com) Following is a poem written by Chris Campbell, who interviewed me recently for Invigorate. Skin of Teeth Our skin is a cape that does not trail behind. Our brains exclaim: ‘I am the first to know!’ But it is the skin that touches first. Skin cells negotiate with the sun, brightening
