Joy is elusive this month. I leave home early and return after a long day in darkness. My sleep is broken and unrefreshing. My dreams are invaded by oxygen flow meters, masks, monitors, and breathless patients. I am tired, but that word is inadequate to describe the omnipresent fatigue that seeps into every cell of my body through the day, and which sleep fails to banish.
But there is hope. There is always hope. And right now it’s name is mutual aid.
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Tagged art, community, COVID19, creativity, hope, NHS, politics, social determinants of health
The Huffington Post have published an article I wrote on art and death. The edited version can be seen here. The original blog follows.
Posted in Death
Tagged art, art therapy, artists, communication, creativity, death, grief, human, medical humanities, mortality, wellbeing
I wrote the blog below as part of a series curated by the London Arts in Health Forum, on art and culture, health and wellbeing. I and the other Trustees are already excited about 2017’s Creativity and Wellbeing Festival which will take place 12-18th June. Excitingly, an edited version of my blog was picked up by The Guardian, who have published it as part of their #BloodSweatTears series. You can read the article on The Guardian website.
The original blog follows.
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