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White Ink Flowers

I haven’t drawn with my white pens in ages…

That’s partly because I have a large stockpile of art supplies to choose from but I’ve settled on some favourites that I use most of the time.

The other, more significant part, is that sometimes the way I feel physically makes me forget to do some of the simple things I truly enjoy doing. Although art is now the method I use to cope with my pain, engaging with the creative practice I’ve established isn’t always easy.

Pain that never stops has a way of dulling one’s interest in doing anything beyond basic daily tasks and it isn’t always easy to muster the energy to do much more.

When I do feel able to do something creative, it usually involves drawing lines; and drawing flowers that might exist only in my imagination is definitely one of my favourite things.

 

Laughing In Flowers

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“The earth laughs in flowers”
        – Ralph Waldo Emerson,
            Poet and Philosopher

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Pain Clinic #10: The Hope of Bluebells

I had to be up and out of the house early in the morning for an appointment at the hospital yesterday. I had to check in to the Day Surgery Department at the hospital where I am seen by my Pain Specialists by 7:45 AM so they could prep me for yet another pain treatment. I haven’t been writing about my Pain Clinic visits much in past months because they are so frequent and usually consist of just a check in to see how I’m coping and what might be the next course of action. I’ve also been doing research about the procedures and medications they propose so I can better advocate for myself and not allow anxiety, due to lack of knowledge or understanding of what is being done to my body, to potentially create a mental block or resistance so my body can fully benefit from what I’m undergoing.

Yesterday’s pain treatment was particularly tough to handle mentally. However, on my way home from the hospital afterwards, I saw bluebells in a flowerbox outside a restaurant. I took some photos of them because, to me, they have always symbolized the beginning of Spring and the resurgence of life after the deepest cold of winter. It made me so happy when I saw them. I’m hoping they are a sign that what I went through yesterday in the treatment clinic, is the start of something better in my life…

 

The Hope of Bluebells 1 – May 2017
The Hope of Bluebells 2 – May 2017