Strength and Love (Art)
This is shared as a personal creative work. Poetry and artwork communicate lived experiences in unique ways, and each piece reflects the individual voice and perspective of its creator.
Strength and Love
Acrylic painting of a big reg heart over a blue background. Two arms reaching towards each other over the heart and their hands grasping each other.
Written by: Lisa Pubantz
Person living with a brain injury
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I was born with a physical disability known as spina bifida and have been a lifelong advocate for the disability community in my hometown of Winston-Salem, NC and throughout the state of North Carolina. I have committed my life to advocating for people with disabilities through various disability-related organizations such as the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, the Spina Bifida Association of the Carolinas, and Camp Carefree. I became a traumatic brain injury survivor after suffering a concussion while playing wheelchair basketball in October of 2011. Since then, I have added traumatic brain injury advocacy to my list of things I’m passionate about. For the past few years, I have taken on acrylic painting as a hobby and I use my art as a way to bring representation of people with disabilities into my local arts community.
Creativity brings hope to life.
In 2025, we invited those living with a brain injury from our community to share their artwork for the first-ever Hope Survives Greeting Card Collection. This piece is part of the featured gallery which highlights the artists whose work was selected for our printed cards, available as part of this fundraiser.
Click here to see our current gallery.
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