Kathryn Healey

Clark University, 2024, Psychology

Together

watercolor, salt, chalk pastel, and colored pencil on paper

18″ x 24″

2022

Conjoined twins are a rarity that challenges our understanding of bodily subjectivity. The language we use to define the self is centered around a body that is not more than one, using words such as “individual” or “oneself.” Conjoined twins exist outside of this concept of a body, with the ability to be categorized as both one and two beings. As non-conjoined siblings grow up encouraged to share toys and spaces, conjoined twins are born knowing the importance of sharing (sharing organs, nutrients, and energy), and it is because of their uniqueness and intrinsic generosity that this piece was made.