Well! It has been a ridiculously long time between posts!
2013 proved to be a pretty big year for me. There was a fair
bit of artwork made, lots of research and even a few important exhibitions. And
there were all the usual life challenges, but also a few unexpected health
encounters.
So now I am in a slow process of recovery, renewal and
reassessment.
So I thought it apt to look back at some work I created
almost 18 months ago. It is a series of 7 screen-prints, one for each day of
the week, entitled, A 365-day
Conversation (dies Lunae, dies Martis,
dies Mercuri, dies Jovis, dies Veneris, dies Saturni, dies Solis).
It explores the conversations I have with myself as I
undertake my daily routine in self-managing my chronic pain. Each day I stretch
and strengthen, do hydrotherapy and handstands, and worry about as well as
celebrate my life. Spending several hours a day ‘managing my condition’, has
led me to turn pain management into an area of personal research, bordering on
obsession and sometimes an art form. (For example, after 9 years, I can now
even free balance a handstand!)
I have also been noticing how that certain headspace with a
balance of concentration, thinking and creativity that is required for my art
practice, feels like the same headspace as when I practicing my pain management.
And sometimes it all works and flows beautifully and sometimes it doesn’t!
Practicing art and managing pain are both about a state of
constant learning and unpredictable change. Ah!! Creativity!
Each of these screen-prints is approx. 17cm w x 17 cm h.
They were shown in August 2012 at the Collingwood Gallery in
Melbourne, and later, in a MREAM exhibition in a pop up gallery at Big Fish in
Footscray.
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