I'm sorry we didn't ask for help...
Trigger Warnings: Medical
Date: 22Nov2022
Alter: Derex, Xaler
Material: Dust print from laser engraved plywood
Size: 41cm*35cm
Cold. Paralyzed. Alone. Helpless. That’s how seizures can feel for us. No one knows how to react, they just freak out. Even if you give them written instructions. Some people try to call 911 against our wishes. The hospital can’t do anything. Last time we were forced to an ER against our will being kidnapped by an ambulance that wouldn’t take no for an answer we spent 30 minutes laying in a bed. No tests. No assistance. I don’t think we were even hooked up to the heart monitor. And we were sent a bill. After so many bad experiences it can feel useless, harmful, or impossible to ask for help. So, we don’t. And some people will guilt trip you so hard for that. This piece encapsulates that experience and what it looks like to walk in on us having a seizure.
![Im sorry we didnt ask for help 1 Branded A brown ash pressed into paper creates an illustration of us collapsed on the floor. Our hair flows down and around us and around the walls. There is text against the wall reading "I'm Sorry We Didn't Ask For Help..." Items scattered around us include our backpack, phone, first aid kit, a bottle of lamotrigine, and three crisis cards. From top to bottom, the cards read "Sorry...", "Seizure", "DO NOT CALL 911".](https://owletart.space/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Im-sorry-we-didnt-ask-for-help-1-Branded-1024x1024.jpg)
![Im sorry we didnt ask for help 2 Branded The "I'm sorry we didn't ask for help" artwork but as a laser engraging onto plywood.](https://owletart.space/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Im-sorry-we-didnt-ask-for-help-2-Branded-1024x1024.jpg)
Installations
Devices and Descriptors - 8May2023
![I'm sorry we didn't ask for help BFA Installation The piece "I'm sorry we didn't ask for help..." Next to it is a wall label with a QR code to the page you are currently reading.](https://owletart.space/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Im-sorry-we-didnt-ask-for-help-BFA-Installation.png)