Anohni Hegarty photographed by Nomi Ruiz for the release of the single Silver of Ice, 2023


Anohni Hegarty is a singer, visual artist, and composer, born in Chichester, West Sussex, England, on October 24, 1971

Epilepsy treatment, Sefereddin Sabuncuoğlu, surgical atlas Cerrahiyetül Haniye (Imperial Surgery), Atatürk Institute, Istanbul, 1465


Epilepticus Sic Curabitur (“The Way to Treat an Epileptic”), Sloane Manuscript, collection of medical manuscripts. Illuminated miniature painted at the end of the 12th century. Collection: British Museum, London. Artist: unknown


Epilepsy surgery has been depicted in very few artistic works. The first portrayal showing a potential surgical treatment for epileptic patients was painted in the 12th century. During the Renaissance, Hieronymus Bosch offered a famous artistic commentary on traditional beliefs in the painting The Extraction of the Stone of Madness or The Cure of Folly. Several of these works depict a surgeon removing a “stone” from a patient’s head, once thought to be the source of all “madness,” including epileptic seizures, psychosis, intellectual disability, depression, and various other illnesses.



Epilepsy is dancing
she's the Christ now departing
and I'm finding my rhythm
as I twist in the snow

the metal burned in me
down the brain of my river
for the fire was searching
for a waterway home

I cry, "Glitter is love!"
my eyes pinned inside
with green jewels
hanging like Christmas stars 
from a golden vein

as I came to a screaming
hold me while I'm dreaming
for my fingers are curling
and I cannot breathe

then I cried in the kitchen
how I'd seen your ghost witching
there's a soldering blue line
between my eyes

cut me in quadrants
leave me in the corner
cut me in quadrants
leave me in the corner
cut me in quadrants
leave me in the corner
cut me in quadrants
leave me in the corner

ooh now, it's passing
ooh now, I'm dancing
ooh now, it's passing
ooh now, I'm dancing
ooh now, it's passing
ooh now, I'm dancing
ooh now, it's passing
ooh now, I'm dancing



Epilepsy is dancing, album The Crying Light, Anohni and the Johnsons, 2009

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