along, that’s me. Life offers such extremes all the time – such sublime beauty and such passionate suffering. I’m dropped jawwed with amazement that we ever get out of bed – it’s all such a rollercoaster.
Dad is doing much, much better although in pain from mysterious shoulder injury — we wonder if it isn’t an effect of the chemo although our doctor says not. The body rebels — that’s the simple truth.
I have been resting and catching up and then decided to freak out yesterday — suddenly there seems so much to do and I can’t even see where to start.
So I made art.
What’s a girl to do?
3 responses so far ↓
1 Tracy Aug 25, 2006
Quite often I find I’m immobilized when I freak out over having too much to do, which tends to lead me down the path of wallowing and feeling overwhelmed and then just I spiral spiral spiral… until I (eventually) feel the motivation to just get on with it. I MUCH prefer your tactic – doing art is way more theraputic and productive than the wallowing spiral thing. Especially when there is the potential for something really cool to come out of it!
2 Francine Sussman Aug 26, 2006
Hey Jennifer,
I totally applaud you and your artistic instincts! Imagine what the world would be like if we all took our suffering and turned it into creation.
Grateful to connect with you and your voice again.
Francine
3 cindy Aug 26, 2006
i ditto tracy’s comment!