the filter i see thru

Friday, October 14, 2005

Dragging my feet...literally


I haven't produced much of the way of art recently. I'm supposed to be practicing daily- Actually, I doodle at least every day. I've been doing lot of doc appointments. I, apparently, have not escaped my years of drinking and worse without aquiring any health issues. Turns out I have peripheral neuropathy. I have diminished sensation as well as delayed sensation in hands, feet- pretty much everywhere. i thought it was just a side effect of a med I was taking, but I learned differently after going to the doctors after falling for the 4th time for no apparent reason. I have no idea how bad it is. It may all be reversable...I'll find out after some more tests. For right now I'm taking plenty of B vitamins and eating as healthy as possible. My diet used to consist of candy bars and coffee...I know, I know! Anyway, the thing that scared me most was my ability to draw, paint, etc...That's what really set the ball in motion as far as really taking this stuff seriously. It was just so hard to imagine having all these problems at 34!I have changed SO MUCH since last year. Last Halloween I was thin, healthy....and eating candy bars and icecream with coffee for breakfast...O.K. I'm seeing the pattern here- Don't eat healthy- Don't get healthy- and now I don't be healthy! Well, I'll be doing the right thing from now on. Here's a couple of paintings I did for an apartment I lived in a couple years ago- it was my Taupe period- everything taupe! Now they're in my office.

1 comment:

Nita Van Zandt said...

Sounds like a very scary diagnosis! And something to shift you into a new focus for sure! Keep creating!

And I like the bookmarks--more usable than little ATCs (artist trading cards) and fun to swap. That long narrow shape is a challenge.