I created this piece as a way to come to terms with the many cardiac diagnoses I had received in my 30s. To everyone else from the outside I ‘looked fine.’ I chose the mask to symbolise you never really know what is below the surface. For years I hid behind it afraid to share my pain. The heart outside the body is to make the invisible visible. The detachment I sometimes feel knowing I live in a body that just doesn't function the way it’s meant to– the vulnerability of exposing that truth. Finally brave enough to step forward, I hope to help someone else who can help someone else.