One, One Thousand… is a window into the challenges and mystical wonders of lifelong care experienced by my sister and nephew. Its title references counting the length of a seizure. Seen through multiple artistic interpretations, we expose the impact a rare and incurable form of epilepsy (Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome) has on a mother and son. Accompanied by my sister’s handwritten narrative, the work reveals the inner and outer worlds of Lori and David. It is an alchemy of life framed with love. 

Debe Arlook is an educator, writer, printer, and award-winning American artist working in photography. Through diverse photographic methods, Arlook’s conceptual work is a response to her surroundings and the larger environment as she attempts to understand the dynamic of human relationships. The artist’s work is published and exhibited worldwide in solo and group exhibitions and festivals in museums and galleries. Arlook presents this body of work with a solo exhibition to the Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard medical communities at the Lennox-Lombroso Symposium in Boston this fall.