Tag Archives for Invisible Illness

Blue Bay Lines

I used to live a very active life: running, hiking, riding my bicycle, skiing, swimming, and trying extreme activities on a whim—think skydiving. Now, even when the weather is gorgeous, like it was last weekend, I need to stay away from too much activity. As tempting as it was to be in a boat on the water for long stretches of time, or to go swimming in the middle of a deep bay to cool off, I had to spend time in solitude resting my body to avoid another pain flare up.

Thankfully, because the weather was so beautiful, I was able to sit outside in the sun as I drew. The surrounding scenery influenced the colour I chose to start filling in my line drawings. I’ve been using lots of blues and greens in the things I create this summer, probably because I’m spending so much time outside.

This page isn’t finished yet, but I think I got off to a good start while enjoying a sunny afternoon…

 

 

 

Bright Pain Angles

It seems that whenever I set out to illustrate how my pain feels, I draw sharp angular lines.

Although I keep a ton of art supplies close by—literally in piles next to me on my sofa—, I tend to reach for my pencil and ruler and start mapping out lines.

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Too Much Pain To Sit Or Stand

During the past few months, I’ve been trying to do more, in spite of the pain I live with daily.

Today, however, the pain forced me to do less. I can’t sit without feeling piercing pain through the right side of my pelvis from where a huge cyst was surgically removed almost four years ago, after I’d lived under the shroud of a misdiagnosis for two years. I also can’t stand without that same piercing pain shooting up and down my right leg and through my right hip.

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