“Painting, like music, has nothing to do with the reproduction of nature, nor interpretation of intellectual meanings. Whoever is able to feel the beauty of colors and forms has understood non-objective painting.” If you have come this far into the post and are not sure what you're looking at yet then you probably don't know me personally, I have wanted to make some work around my life with Endometriosis for many years now but I have never been able to do too much during the worst of it each month... during those days I can't really focus on the approach, let alone the execution of making art. I do have about 5 pictures from 2009, some self-portraits and some images from the darkened room I would make for myself during my monthly, self-imposed confinement. Those shots were taken on a DSLR and honestly, it's a hassle thinking about getting the 'big camera' out... the pictures you see here are phone-cam pix...
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month.
1 in 10 women live with this currently incurable disorder. I first started struggling with Endo when I started having a regular period when I was 12. That was 21 years ago. 11 years ago, when I was 22, I was officially diagnosed after pelvic keyhole surgery. It had taken 10 years to be diagnosed and many trips to Doctors saying: 'I think I have #Endometriosis - I need help!' During surgery a lump of endometrial tissue was removed. The lump was described by my surgeon as being the size of a golfball. After surgery symptoms continued and I have struggled to maintain a professional life due to be incapacitated each month with chronic pain, fainting episodes, migraines, exhaustion, anemia and sometimes simply because the bloodloss is just too heavy to leave the house. I have also struggled to persue my passions! I have tried many pain-management medications and explored many expensive 'alternative' options to manage pain and dysmenorrhea with very little success. I experienced some reprieve from symptoms after the birth of my daughter but six years later I had a second child and for the last 18 months I have found life with Endo once again very difficult to manage. At times, my relationships have been negatively impacted, particularly my marriage. I wouldn't wish this disorder upon any woman and I think if men were living with it and having to manage the pain and it's impact on every area of their lives it would have received much more attention by now! Help us gain awareness during March so that one day soon we can diagnose and treat this condition better and work towards a cure. WOMEN'S HEALTH MATTERS! WOMEN MATTER! HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! I just needed to sit down and make something... I needed a flippin' moment to myself after a tough week.
At times like this I love to just mess about with paper... make something inconsequential! So I dug into my scrap-paper and photo box and had a play whilst sitting in my lovely spot next to my plants. |
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