"My house, everything's fluid, you know, it's just going to change," Murdock said. "I'm a visual person, so I just want to see things that amuse me and make me happy."

More than a hobby, art flows through Murdock's body.

"Sometimes you think your brain can't hold anymore, so you throw it on a canvas, and that helps," she said.

Each stroke is an expression. Every canvas is caked with layers of color. Her compositions constantly exist in a state of change.

"I mean the only thing you can expect in life is change, right?" Murdock said.

Change is a concept Murdock has learned to accept, especially after her multiple sclerosis diagnosis transformed her artistic process and her life.

"The thing that's changed the most is because of my multiple sclerosis," she said. "It's affected my eyesigh

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