IMAZ 2007 epilogue

The funny thing about pain and suffering is that it is hard to capture in a photograph. If you think about it, unless someone is grasping a body part a particular way or there is physical evidence or a facial expression you could misinterpret a photograph of pain as laughter or just plan nothing. How many times do you walk by someone in a hallway or see a friend and even though there is a feeling that they are disappointed, frustrated, in pain or confused they look relatively normal if not a bit placid and inexpressive.

The first picture was at the medical tent. I was shivering uncontrollably and could not open my eyes from salt crust but not in pain. I remember people commenting on how pale my lips were and how the IV was bring the color back. I was described as 'babbling', 'incoherent', 'nauseus' and 'non-responsive' but those are hard to portray on film.



In the second, Mistress claims to have never seen my eyes as red which is why she took it. At this point both arms were IV'd and I was feeling better. That might be a relative term looking at this photo.