After suffering a traumatic brain injury, Denver artist Gabrielle Shannon started having lucid dreams of the ocean and the cosmos reaching for each other. She knew she had to paint what she saw. Read my interview with the artist on her road to recovery and how art has always been a part of her life and has become more meaningful after her accident. Read her story.

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There is always a motivation behind art, whether expression, statement or healing. I love digging deep into artists’ journeys to find where the true story lies. It’s one of the reasons I do what I do.