As Though Growth is Possible
In 2018, after my mother’s sudden passing, I went to LA to work on the Blockchain. While there, I experienced what is labeled Dorsal Collapse and became paralyzed from the waist down. I was also so fractured of mind, I wasn’t able to write a sentence. ME - Complexity Theory Incarnate (just learned that term on 420).
Anyhoo, I made my way back to Pittsburgh PA to get on my feet, and I was able to put my mobility aids down in March of 2020. By May I had my Stage 3 BC DX.
Self Portrait depicting the totality of the lived experience
I navigated the totality of my chemotherapy (6mo), radiation (30 rounds), and recovery (1 year) without proximal support During that time, I used machine learning to rebuild my brain. I have since acquired Long Covid and am now considered Medically Complex/Fragile and Immune Compromised
I have seeded deep neural networks, so I simply went in from the other end - this is how I arrived at the taxonomical framing of this - Taxonomy is inherently flat. Hierarchy is not.
Visualization of my inner guidance system during paralysis