Comments on: Pain, Fatigue, and Art http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/12/pain-fatigue-and-art/ Pastels and Watercolor Tue, 24 May 2011 02:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sara http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/12/pain-fatigue-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Sara Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:12:56 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/12/pain-fatigue-and-art/#comment-102 Thank-you all for your kind words and support. i was able to get out for a walk by the river with Chris this morning and then we had a wonderful lunch at a small Mexican Restaurant. It was nice to get out of the house and spend time with my honey. I tend to hole up in my room and hunker down when I'm not feeling well, and that tends to make my depression about all of this worse. It was good to vent and get it off my chest though. Heather, I love the reference to "Pinky and the Brain" hehehe One thing I have in my favor are my pain meds:) I don't think I would be at all functional without them. Thank-you all for your kind words and support. i was able to get out for a walk by the river with Chris this morning and then we had a wonderful lunch at a small Mexican Restaurant. It was nice to get out of the house and spend time with my honey. I tend to hole up in my room and hunker down when I’m not feeling well, and that tends to make my depression about all of this worse. It was good to vent and get it off my chest though.

Heather, I love the reference to “Pinky and the Brain” hehehe

One thing I have in my favor are my pain meds:) I don’t think I would be at all functional without them.

]]> By: jafabrit http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/12/pain-fatigue-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-101 jafabrit Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:43:49 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/12/pain-fatigue-and-art/#comment-101 It is very hard to be positive or creative when in pain (I have chronic back probs and some days are good and then there are days when it is very very bad). Just have to not be so hard on yourself, your muse and you have to work around it, around the pain and sometimes that means doing tiny tiny amount and sometimes more. I am learning not to put a guilt trip on myself and just do the best I can when I can. sending my support :) It is very hard to be positive or creative when in pain (I have chronic back probs and some days are good and then there are days when it is very very bad). Just have to not be so hard on yourself, your muse and you have to work around it, around the pain and sometimes that means doing tiny tiny amount and sometimes more.
I am learning not to put a guilt trip on myself and just do the best I can when I can.
sending my support :)

]]> By: leah http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/12/pain-fatigue-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-100 leah Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:22:13 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/12/pain-fatigue-and-art/#comment-100 i'm sorry to hear that you've been experiencing so much pain! i think heather's advice is great. when i'm ill or in a rut, just doing something/anything creative is wonderful. so if it can't be pastels at the moment then perhaps doodling with pencil or sketching ideas for future work or ripping inspiring images out of magazines. hope you're feeling better real soon. i’m sorry to hear that you’ve been experiencing so much pain!

i think heather’s advice is great. when i’m ill or in a rut, just doing something/anything creative is wonderful. so if it can’t be pastels at the moment then perhaps doodling with pencil or sketching ideas for future work or ripping inspiring images out of magazines. hope you’re feeling better real soon.

]]> By: Heather http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/12/pain-fatigue-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Heather Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:06:54 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/03/12/pain-fatigue-and-art/#comment-99 Hey Sara, you just keep keeping on. I too have several health issues, several you mentioned we share. I live with nerve pain every single day, it's like waking up and being set on fire every morning. I've been like this for 17 years now...it's better to be above ground and in pain than the alternative. My docs told me back then that my bone cancer would kill me in 6 months or less...obviously they were wrong. Pain is...hard on the art making. I think that's why I have so many different types of art I do now. When my hands are feeling badly I have this pair of scissors from the arthritis center that I can use even when my hands are claws...so I do collage. When my back is horrible and my leg won't work...I do journal drawing, sewing, and small pastel works in bed. Sometimes my Fibro will knock me down...on those days I just try to get by and I always try to do a little something, but it's hard when you are bedridden and hurting. When my hands and legs are working, it's not unusual for me to run around like a mad woman trying to get as much done as possible before the pain returns. I know what you are going through. Really, really. Making sure I get good sleep has helped me a lot. This last week when the crap hit the fan, I spiraled into a stress induced body attack. It makes me so freaking mad. I hate being in bed all day, drives me crazy. I'm trying to pull out, but so far I have not worked in studio for 7 days now and my hands are curled into swollen claws. I'm typing with a pencil stuck between fingers. I can paint that way too, I have been known to go crazy and tape paint brushes to my arm so I could paint. My dogs know when I am sick too, isn't that funny? They will follow me around everywhere, and stare at me when I'm over doing it. My big dog will even start barking as my pain flares...sometimes he knows before I do. I love my fur people. I miss my oldest kid, like yours he is living across the country, he staid back in the NW when we choose to follow this dream (find and buy a farm, become self sufficient and check out of the worlds reality) and find warmer country to live in. We came out here for a job for Mate Man (the one he just lost) and because it is drier here, and supposedly warmer. (NOt in winter, brrrrr) I miss him like crazy. (my kid) I missed his birthday and it was the first Christmas ever without him this year...It was hard. You just keep on keeping on my friend, we gimps have got to stick together so we can eventually take over the world. :) What do you feel like doing tonight Pinky? Same thing we do every night, try and take over the world!) Sending you love and healing energy...zzzzap! Hope you feel better soon. :) Hey Sara, you just keep keeping on. I too have several health issues, several you mentioned we share. I live with nerve pain every single day, it’s like waking up and being set on fire every morning. I’ve been like this for 17 years now…it’s better to be above ground and in pain than the alternative. My docs told me back then that my bone cancer would kill me in 6 months or less…obviously they were wrong. Pain is…hard on the art making. I think that’s why I have so many different types of art I do now. When my hands are feeling badly I have this pair of scissors from the arthritis center that I can use even when my hands are claws…so I do collage. When my back is horrible and my leg won’t work…I do journal drawing, sewing, and small pastel works in bed. Sometimes my Fibro will knock me down…on those days I just try to get by and I always try to do a little something, but it’s hard when you are bedridden and hurting. When my hands and legs are working, it’s not unusual for me to run around like a mad woman trying to get as much done as possible before the pain returns. I know what you are going through. Really, really.
Making sure I get good sleep has helped me a lot. This last week when the crap hit the fan, I spiraled into a stress induced body attack. It makes me so freaking mad. I hate being in bed all day, drives me crazy. I’m trying to pull out, but so far I have not worked in studio for 7 days now and my hands are curled into swollen claws. I’m typing with a pencil stuck between fingers. I can paint that way too, I have been known to go crazy and tape paint brushes to my arm so I could paint.
My dogs know when I am sick too, isn’t that funny? They will follow me around everywhere, and stare at me when I’m over doing it. My big dog will even start barking as my pain flares…sometimes he knows before I do. I love my fur people.
I miss my oldest kid, like yours he is living across the country, he staid back in the NW when we choose to follow this dream (find and buy a farm, become self sufficient and check out of the worlds reality) and find warmer country to live in. We came out here for a job for Mate Man (the one he just lost) and because it is drier here, and supposedly warmer. (NOt in winter, brrrrr) I miss him like crazy. (my kid) I missed his birthday and it was the first Christmas ever without him this year…It was hard.
You just keep on keeping on my friend, we gimps have got to stick together so we can eventually take over the world. :) What do you feel like doing tonight Pinky? Same thing we do every night, try and take over the world!) Sending you love and healing energy…zzzzap! Hope you feel better soon. :)

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