August 9th, 2014 8:46 am

Cathartic collage, my self portraits

By |2024-01-21T15:26:16+11:00August 9th, 2014|Categories: About, Blog, Creativity|Tags: , |

Collage has been a little more therapeutic for me than my usual art forms. I think it must have been finding a technique that I could manage and one that didn't add to the fatigue and pain. Cutting small pieces of paper and glueing, drawing, attaching was just so light and easy. The painting of small pieces of paper and the careful ripping and tearing was like rocking. So gentle, so calming and at the same time feeling like I was handling my pain, expressing it and getting it out of my body and onto the art piece.

August 4th, 2014 1:24 pm

Yet Another Comedy of Errors: Act III, the Outcome

By |2023-01-24T16:12:30+11:00August 4th, 2014|Categories: Workcover|Tags: , , , |

But we are grateful to the Conciliator and to WorkCover Assist who helped me to show that through Theo’s and my own initiative I have created my work position. Had we not done this I would have remained in receipt of full compensation payments and Theo could have found a job. Theo was allowed to explain the printmaking process to the VWA-appointed Agent (K) and to point out that it was impossible for me to undertake this task without significant assistance, as was the case for the creation of my book and for my daily work and living. However, their support, although most welcome, failed to make any impression on K or his successor, X. The roles of the Conciliator and WorkCover Assist in this comedy have been reduced to the pointless exercise of pushing pieces of paper around.

July 13th, 2014 10:18 am

Blog | Sexology 101 | The Internal Clitoris

By |2017-12-11T16:42:00+11:00July 13th, 2014|Categories: About, Learn, Professional Resources, Pudendal Neuralgia|Tags: , , |

Hallelujah! Pardon my pun here, especially as I'm preaching sexuality on a Sunday morning but finally, here is some thorough research and attention for the clitoris. Thank you Louise Smith for sending this link to me.. I think it's essential info for everyone, not just women with PN. Thank you melodiousmsm for writing this and thank you to artist and sex educator, Betty Dodson for the fabulous artwork.

June 30th, 2014 7:21 am

My Documentary: The Hurting Strings – An Artist’s Story on Pain

By |2023-02-18T10:27:08+11:00June 30th, 2014|Categories: Advocacy, Film, Online, The Hurting Strings|Tags: , , , |

Handmade Films - The Hurting StringsLet's watch The Hurting StringsI'd like to express my biggest thanks firstly to Peter Lamont for taking this project on and for communicating my invisible message with [...]

June 14th, 2014 10:51 pm

Stepping into an ANZCA ad to help raise awareness for chronic pain

By |2017-12-11T09:16:52+11:00June 14th, 2014|Categories: Advocacy, Events, Television|Tags: , , |

(Update: July 18, 2014) Yep, I’m one in five… Watch the full ad at: www.anzca.edu.au/fellows/foundation (June 14, 2014) Chronic pain insists on presenting me with the unexpected. Today, I found myself on [...]

May 16th, 2014 9:06 pm

A new workers compensation programme in South Australia

By |2023-01-24T16:12:31+11:00May 16th, 2014|Categories: Help, Professional, Workcover|Tags: , , |

I met Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson advocating an online forum for injured workers. She spoke in a way I'd never heard before, she spoke to me about support, empathy and trust, the ways an [...]

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