"The worst part of the paralysis is, no matter how much joy I experience, I can't smile," confides Enid Swift, a talented designer who has dealt with her confounding neurological syndrome by focusing on the joy she can create through artistic self-expression.

Designer Enid Swift doesn't quit. Her military career was cut short by a rare neurological disorder that has compromised her daily life. Despite disability, her can-do personality directed her back to the creative expression through art she enjoyed as a child and she now focuses on the elements of design to bring order and stability to an increasingly distracted world. Her patterns offer a contemplated foundation on which to build entire lines.