Enclosure

Brittany Mostiller and Lilly Taing, “My Voice, My Choice.” In Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories History and Politics. 

Lines that bend into circles form a barrier.  That barrier can be protective, isolating, or sometimes both.  A circle is a complete unit on its own, a certainty that resonates with Mostiller’s story, “My Voice, My Choice."

Looped, coiled, or snarled, curled lines are equally adept at implying confusion, complication, or disorder.  In Sarah Leavitt’s Tangles, the knots in Midge’s hair reflect the chaos Alzheimer’s Disease inflicts on body and mind. Tangles and the other narratives in this section are centrally driven by the question of how the warmth of care can ease physical and emotional discomfort.