{"id":1051,"date":"2022-03-30T20:16:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T20:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connectionsnmhi.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=1051"},"modified":"2024-09-24T20:06:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T20:06:22","slug":"justbenign-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connectionsnmhi.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=1051","title":{"rendered":"Just Benign Virginia Lori"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background alignwide\" style=\"background-color:#407dc0;color:#407dc0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a4e6b315 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:2px;padding-right:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-left:2px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Just Benign - Virginia Lori\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_oOxCtzzZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vortex\">Just Benign<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/connectionsnmhi.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=1785\">Virginia Lori<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.5\">Pencil digitally blended with acrylic painting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Just Benign is a self-portrait created post-surgery with pencil, digitally blended with an original acrylic painting, then animated with glitch software. I had a meningioma removed which was misdiagnosed for close to 8 years due to slow growth. Headaches, referred pain, and other symptoms had become unbearable. Just Benign was created in an attempt to express that, although a meningioma is considered as benign, my life was altered and ultimately ruled by this invisible illness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/connectionsnmhi.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=3269\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"116\" height=\"35\" src=\"https:\/\/connectionsnmhi.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/arrow-L.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-869 size-full\"\/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left bluehover italic has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/connectionsnmhi.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=3269\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/connectionsnmhi.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=3269\">Paralysium<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 15%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right bluehover italic has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/connectionsnmhi.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=1082\">Homesickness and the Brain<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/connectionsnmhi.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=1082\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"116\" height=\"35\" src=\"https:\/\/connectionsnmhi.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/arrow-R-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-870 size-full\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just Benign Virginia Lori Pencil digitally blended with acrylic painting Just Benign is a self-portrait created post-surgery with pencil, digitally blended with an original acrylic painting, then animated with glitch software. I had a meningioma removed which was misdiagnosed for close to 8 years due to slow growth. 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