Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo, a painter from Mexico City, survived the un-survivable. In 1925 she was nearly killed in an accident between a bus and a trolley. She broke her spinal column, collar bone, some ribs, her pelvis, shattered her right leg ( my personal definition of shattered, I believe 11 fractures in one limb qualifies as shattered ), crushed her right foot, dislocated her right shoulder and pierced through her abdomen by a handrail. She had to endure medical treatment for the remainder of her life, as many as 35 surgeries and ultimately the amputation of her right leg below the knee.
I would be hard pressed to come up with a favorite, although I do have eight that I especially love (in no particular order).
What Water Gave MeRootsTree of HopeWithout HopeFlower of LifeSelf Portrait with BonitoMemory
Her work is a vibrant diary of her life. She took her pain and made it beautiful.
miablu dictu
Sources:
Biography.com
Frida Kahlo Foundation
I would be hard pressed to come up with a favorite, although I do have eight that I especially love (in no particular order).
What Water Gave MeRootsTree of HopeWithout HopeFlower of LifeSelf Portrait with BonitoMemory
Her work is a vibrant diary of her life. She took her pain and made it beautiful.
miablu dictu
Sources:
Biography.com
Frida Kahlo Foundation