Reimagining Chronic Pain through the Arts
This costume represents painful chronic eczema. Pain although very real and physical, can sometimes be linked to our repressed emotions. The woman who inspired this costume came to realise that her painful eczema flared when she didn’t feel secure in her own skin. Through reading feminist poetry in her native French, she realised the true …
“A Mexican Thalasinus Hummingbird. To me, it shows the expression of Freedom. The freedom to fly, spread one’s wings. Something that everyone who is living with chronic pain wishes they could do. I do this through art.” – Sharon Brooks Sharon has truly embodied the message of Something Chronic in her Mexican Hummingbird. It is …
Credit: Helen Wright It can be difficult for non-sufferers to appreciate the impact chronic pain can have on an individual’s outlook on life. This drawing tries to empathise with those suffering and their support network alike. Encouraging words mean so much, but even the very best intentions can fail to acknowledge the realities that may …
Watercolour Jaqueline Hopkins www.hop-art.co.uk A Way Through featured as the top prize in our first fundraising raffle. It is no surprise that we raised a significant amount and there were many very disappointed people! Luckily, Jaqueline donated the use of this graphically striking watercolour to our site. Jacqueline carefully chose this particular painting for us …
This costume attempts to reveal the invisible nature of Founding Trustee Kate’s neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is the constant firing of pain signals to the brain after an original injury, often without the knowledge of an injury or original cause. Neuopathic pain is not easily explained. This costume is the first in a series of …