How Artist and Rapper April Donovan Adapts Creativity and Accepts Limitations after A Traumatic Brain Injury
When an injury limits how you can perform your work, art, and creativity, how do you find joy?
April Donovan, also known as the performer MC AP Real, is a rapper involved in three different musical projects as well as a formally trained artist, graphic designer, advertiser, and illustrator.
April suffered a serious traumatic brain injury in 2018 that landed her in a coma for 10 days and is still affecting how she’s able to live and express herself today.
We talk about...
April’s motorcycle crash and initial injuries
Constructing and reconstructing memories after a brain injury and coma
What it was like moving back home after the hospital
The impact a severe injury had on relationships and finances
Adaptations April makes in order to pursue work and art with tough symptoms
The realities of being a creative human with an invisible disability
How April is sharing her life through music, writing a book, and art
Connect with April:
https://www.behance.net/aprildonovan
Hear from another guest who shared honestly about having a traumatic brain injury: How a Traumatic Brain Injury Led Pro Athletes Brandon Scheid and Sensi Graves to Find Gratitude and New Perspectives on Life
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