I can really resonate with this. I am in extremebchronic physical pain every day, and art is my therapy . I know how hard this is, and I am always here for you!
I am so sorry for the pain, Bonnie, and the helplessness that comes with it but I am grateful we have art to get us through. Thank you for sharing and knowing that none of us have to travel this road alone. Hugs!
Art has many benefits for humankind, including pain relief, which you are talking about. It makes one forget mental and physical suffering while the process of creation is happening. As you said, there need not be any rules, systems, or ways to create art. Just doing it brings so much joy. The process of creating art is more meaningful and joyful than the finished piece.
What an incredibly beautiful video, Mansi! I was mesmerized the whole way through. You are such a beautiful spirit. Your art is of course beautiful too! I am blessed to have 'met' you on the Writers@Work zoom call in our break-out session. I share your journey of daily chronic pain, as that has been a part of my journey as well, and what brought me to make some radical life changes many years ago. I still live with body-pain, but it has showed me truths I cherish, and I have found happiness. I will love to talk and share with you more. Blessings! xoxoxo
Thanks so much for your continued a sharing of your always authentic self. As a nurse, I cared for many with chroic pain. I feel blessed, that I only experience this once before my right hip replacement, but gone now after the surgery. I truly empathize with all those who experience pain on a daily basis. So glad to have you here, and give a way to help work through this with art. I miss you and the group, and hope all are doing well.
I am so grateful for you, Jean, personally but also for all the work you’ve done over the years, shouldering other people’s burdens, holding space for them, caring without judgment. It’s a lot! Thank you for being you! I’m getting back into the swing of things and thinking of ways to nurture community-building. I’ll be starting open studio hours in March and have plans for some live workshops. Stay tuned!
I'm not the Care Taker. I'm usually the one in pain, and I've seen what it takes out of my Care Taker. She wants to just remove the pain, which isn't possible. Thank you so much, Mansi for all of your motivation! I sometimes try to make HER feel better by commenting on funny or odd things we've run across. I feel so much better when I sit down to create! My art journey helps me more than I can say. And, when I'm in the craft room, it offers her a chance to do what she needs - meditate. Thank you so much, Mansi, from all of us!
I am sorry you're in pain, Georgia, and I commend you for your empathy. So grateful to have the ability to use art as our temporary relief from this imprisonment in our bodies. Sending you so much love.
Really enjoyed your story & authenticity, I can see where art can be a refuge, a place where you can focus on creating & feeling beauty amidst the pain. May your suffering subside, thank you for sharing. If you host any classes lmk
I appreciate your making the time and am grateful for your kind words, Kathy. I will start hosting live workshops and drop in office hours in a couple of months and will be sure to announce them in my newsletter. In the meantime, I am one of 17 instructors hosting the One Badass Art Journal Workshop, starting on February 3, if you’d like to explore that: https://bit.ly/MMBadAss25. Thank you, again, for your interest, your wishes and your kindness.
Thank you for this Mansi. I have lived with chronic pain all my life. It has come and gone in waves. Despite multiple diagnosis of autoimmune conditions, there are times when I cannot even manage the creative endeavors that I know benefit me. But I keep going.
I wish for you more good days than bad days. Better health and security for you and your loved ones, and peace in your soul.
Thank you, Deanne, for sharing and I am sorry it has been so hard. Sometimes I just have to rest with my creative thoughts because the actual doing will come another day … one day at a time, with grace and kindness toward ourselves.
I can really resonate with this. I am in extremebchronic physical pain every day, and art is my therapy . I know how hard this is, and I am always here for you!
I am so sorry for the pain, Bonnie, and the helplessness that comes with it but I am grateful we have art to get us through. Thank you for sharing and knowing that none of us have to travel this road alone. Hugs!
Art has many benefits for humankind, including pain relief, which you are talking about. It makes one forget mental and physical suffering while the process of creation is happening. As you said, there need not be any rules, systems, or ways to create art. Just doing it brings so much joy. The process of creating art is more meaningful and joyful than the finished piece.
Absolutely! Losing oneself in the process is akin to meditation and we all know how much that helps with the healing.
What an incredibly beautiful video, Mansi! I was mesmerized the whole way through. You are such a beautiful spirit. Your art is of course beautiful too! I am blessed to have 'met' you on the Writers@Work zoom call in our break-out session. I share your journey of daily chronic pain, as that has been a part of my journey as well, and what brought me to make some radical life changes many years ago. I still live with body-pain, but it has showed me truths I cherish, and I have found happiness. I will love to talk and share with you more. Blessings! xoxoxo
Thank you, Ellen. There is so much we can learn about ourselves if we listen to our bodies.
Thanks so much for your continued a sharing of your always authentic self. As a nurse, I cared for many with chroic pain. I feel blessed, that I only experience this once before my right hip replacement, but gone now after the surgery. I truly empathize with all those who experience pain on a daily basis. So glad to have you here, and give a way to help work through this with art. I miss you and the group, and hope all are doing well.
I am so grateful for you, Jean, personally but also for all the work you’ve done over the years, shouldering other people’s burdens, holding space for them, caring without judgment. It’s a lot! Thank you for being you! I’m getting back into the swing of things and thinking of ways to nurture community-building. I’ll be starting open studio hours in March and have plans for some live workshops. Stay tuned!
Thank you Mansi, and look forward to the open studio hours and live workshopss you may plan.
I'm not the Care Taker. I'm usually the one in pain, and I've seen what it takes out of my Care Taker. She wants to just remove the pain, which isn't possible. Thank you so much, Mansi for all of your motivation! I sometimes try to make HER feel better by commenting on funny or odd things we've run across. I feel so much better when I sit down to create! My art journey helps me more than I can say. And, when I'm in the craft room, it offers her a chance to do what she needs - meditate. Thank you so much, Mansi, from all of us!
I am sorry you're in pain, Georgia, and I commend you for your empathy. So grateful to have the ability to use art as our temporary relief from this imprisonment in our bodies. Sending you so much love.
Right back atcha!
Really enjoyed your story & authenticity, I can see where art can be a refuge, a place where you can focus on creating & feeling beauty amidst the pain. May your suffering subside, thank you for sharing. If you host any classes lmk
I appreciate your making the time and am grateful for your kind words, Kathy. I will start hosting live workshops and drop in office hours in a couple of months and will be sure to announce them in my newsletter. In the meantime, I am one of 17 instructors hosting the One Badass Art Journal Workshop, starting on February 3, if you’d like to explore that: https://bit.ly/MMBadAss25. Thank you, again, for your interest, your wishes and your kindness.
Thank you for this Mansi. I have lived with chronic pain all my life. It has come and gone in waves. Despite multiple diagnosis of autoimmune conditions, there are times when I cannot even manage the creative endeavors that I know benefit me. But I keep going.
I wish for you more good days than bad days. Better health and security for you and your loved ones, and peace in your soul.
Thank you, Deanne, for sharing and I am sorry it has been so hard. Sometimes I just have to rest with my creative thoughts because the actual doing will come another day … one day at a time, with grace and kindness toward ourselves.
I really appreciated that you said, "Start small." That's all eveyone/anyone has to do to begin their art journey! Thankis so much, Mansi!
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Starting small is the only way to go. One foot in front of the other every day…