Artist LC

  Right now my creativity had been further stripped away from me. I cannot draw pastels. I cannot think in pros or write imaginary stories. I cannot read. I cannot remember much if what I do, think or knew. But today I managed to write a poem. Everything is crashing Everything clashing Everything clanging Around and about and within me Creating a huge Insurmountable wall Of vast ever increasing    proportion That builds  Between me and you Between me And everything. The throbbing in my body Is raging  Louder and louder It shouts inside me. “Why are you shouting,” you ask? I am shouting Because the sound inside me is so loud So huge So vast It is drowning out everything quiet Everything peaceful Everything hopeful Everything that might, Just for a glimmer of a moment, Have been possible. All gone in a tsunami of pain Hurled at me On multiple levels, Washing away all that is good. Anything kind Anything beautiful in me Is crushed And subsided. I am gone. I am listing in a tortured chaos

    Great to see  me quoted and.my one finger art used as a poster to raise awareness of the difficulties caring for someone with complex issues, like me. HELPING SOMEONE WHO IS LONG TERM VERY ILL The manner in which you present yourself in the caring role, is critical to the success of the interaction. How you speak, act, move within the person's environment can harm, shock the person, lead to physical deterioration and distress, if it is not grounded in sensitivity to their vulnerability. Remember this, you can help or harm. There is no room for carelessness, clumsiness, impatience, inattention; the harm you can inadvertently do to a very ill person is not just in the immediate moment; the impact may go on for days, weeks, months and can be catastrophic. It is too easy to cause harm even by the simplest action, wrongly timed or inappropriately carried out. You need to be knowledgeable about the seriously ill person in whose presence you are, you need to be aware of their symp

  Proud to have my drawing published with this very moving song by Greg Crowhurst  on PennyPaws website. https://pennypawsrescue.org.uk/2024/09/16/a-song-for-the-romanian-kill-shelter-dogs-who-dont-make-it-by-greg-crowhurst/

 I did this video 8 years ago. Still so relevant.  When you experience  devastating daily repeated paralysis that keeps you isolated from the world, it really becomes a necessity to try to convey your inner and outer expetience in the hope people will see you and understand more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5GmFUEykTo&t=39s

I am truly delighted to raise awareness of this wonderful Facebook page which highlights the plight of dogs desperately in need of foster and adoption. I am so proud they featured my picture of Dottie, a beautiful pregnant dog who was rescued on the streets of Romania and gave birth safely to her puppies in a private shelter. There are so many dogs needing loving caring homes. I really hope that the portraits I do, bring out the dog’s beauty and enable it to be seen. It’s quite amazing how drawing the pictures touch  and bring out the dog’s deeper, often hidden emotion. Hopefully they reveal something more of the dog . Drawing the dogs  brings me such a great sense of connection and enormous love for them. See: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02YGEBsDbnJ5dRiaUjXgK5JQpu1rQeBpRyZYJVPjPRGGgKcnBWKd9W44oFEsJVf5iRl&id=61565914487197&comment_id=1699385290842928&notif_id=1730103330472842&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

I can no longer draw with a pastel. My hands are too paralysed and weak, not enough fine control. I cannot see out of my right eye it is so blurry. So I have tried to find moments when I might use a tablet drawing programme. It has its own challenges and actually takes me far longer than doing a real pastel. Using the smudging tool is really hard work and a lot of effort for me. It also causes more eye pain and can trigger paralysis from the effort. Nevertheless I am proud to have managed to draw a picture of Bobby, a scared dog who is learning to be brave.  Doing a black dog is a huge challenge for me in general, It almost has to be done in reverse. In order to see him clearly I drew a white outline on a black page then coloured in the outer background to maintain the shape of the dog, then added the furry hairy bits as he is a very furry dog with a long shaggy coat.  Each time I try to draw a dog this way I learn more about the process and how to achieve better results. It is ongoing