December 15th, 2011 7:08 am

My pre pain life…

By |2022-09-05T11:26:10+10:00December 15th, 2011|Categories: About, Creativity, Living, The pain|Tags: , |

I was active, I had capacity, boundless energy to execute my creative thoughts (and meet the expectations of a full social calendar!). I worked veeeeery long and wonderful days, I walked everywhere, lunching, dining, starting every day at a local cafe, picking up art materials, walking the dog, running the dog, to Carlton, the city, Fitzroy, I skipped through the streets of the great arrondissements of Paris when on annual holidays, and swore by my four day a week yoga routine that unravelled my body and had me feeling like Gumby warm to the ends of my extremities... There was no 'tired', 'sore', 'fatigued', 'have to rest', there was no 'pain'. Like I said, it was bliss.

November 23rd, 2011 7:18 am

Art and distraction

By |2022-09-05T11:26:11+10:00November 23rd, 2011|Categories: Creativity, Learn, Living, Manage, My treatment, Personal resources|Tags: , , , |

My creativity has been one of my main coping mechanisms through my chronic pain life. It's the place I go to feel free, release the steam, express my pain, and to get distracted to the point of pain! But it's worth it every time. There isn't a lot I can achieve with my capacity so one drawing, one painting over months, one post on my blog... anything, it's all worth it.

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