Chronic
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Watercolor on Yupo This painting is dedicated to my dad. I chose the title Overcome because my dad was overcome by chronic back pain and depression. He committed suicide 5 years ago because he could no longer cope with the physical pain and loss of his health. Six years before he ended his life, he injured his back and had a failed back surgery. He had chronic back pain most of his adult life, but this last injury left him devastated physically and emotionally and he was not able to recover. Being a farmer was all my dad ever knew and farmers are very much their own breed. They are fearless in providing for their families, and are some of the most determined and dedicated people I know. They are also the first ones there when a family member or neighbor needs help. Farmers can be also be stubborn and too independent at times. Farming is a solitary life, and the tractor or combine is your office. The hours are long and you rarely lay your head on the pillow feeling your work is finished. They show their love by working late into the night in Spring and at Harvest time. I will always remember the sound of my dad coming home in the tractor late at night in the Fall. I could smell the dryness of leaves dead on the ground, feel the cool of the night through open windows and see the tractor lights as he pulled into the driveway. I loved that sound of him coming home. To this day I feel warm inside and a bit awed, when I see a tractor or combine in the field late at night. All you can see are the lights on the machinery, shadows on metal and corn dust circling in the air. Even when you can’t see him, you know there is a farmer out there too, and that he would rather be home with his family. As this painting developed I saw a spine and immediately thought of my dad. I don’t want this painting to communicate grief and pity, I want it say; “Take care of your body. It is the only one you will ever get here on earth. Our bodies are created to accomplish what we are here on this earth to do, but sometimes we don’t take care of them. Our bodies are strong, but turn fragile when not cared for. Ask for help and wait for assistance to arrive, don’t go it alone.” This painting is for you dad – to the best of my ability, I understand. You thought you would not be missed , but you are. You always will be. I love you.
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Inspired by my homie Krondo
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This was an accident that I almost deleted until one buyer bought it from me and I stayed with it since. Oh well.
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A t-shirt especially designed for those with invisible disabilities or ill-health, who can find it difficult to be taken seriously because they don’t use a wheelchair or walking stick or have anything visibly ‘wrong’ with them. It is also a funny t-shirt for someone with a more ‘obvious’ or visible disability to wear, just to be subversive!
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Chronic Pain. Fibromyalgia, RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome, Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Osteo and Rheumatoid Arthritis and much more.
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re-done with darker water to represent the isolation that my son feels with chronic fatigue and depression.
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This is done in shades of pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Week. There other shades of this image on my site. This is a moment that I shared with Christ, in prayer. I have suffered from an extensive Spinal Disease that is degenerating my spine. A horrible hysterectomy where the physician cut my bladder, and I have not recovered after 4 agony filled years, and many more health issues as a result of the previous two, especially the latter. I am receiving the Lord’s touch everyday in my recovery and coping with chronic pain. Without Him, I would not be here today to ask for those viewing to help fight diseases, a negligent medical field, and sufferers of breast cancer & their families. I have lost two dear family members in two years because of lack of needed medical attention & no insurance for their needs. Please vote for better health care, donate as much as you can, as often as you can~one time is great if that is all that you can do, the need for money is never-ending in this battle, and volunteer for any program that needs your assistance. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A PERSON
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Collen Gleason Has posted a blog on her site about my fan art, how nice is that! I feel so honoured! WOW! You can view it here: http://www.colleengleason.com/wordpress/2008/11/19/gorgessity-2/ She has also recently given her permission for me to be able to sell this image as a print. So it is now available for purchase. I have been reading a series of novels by Colleen Gleason that have captured my imagination and inspired this deviation. So I have created this in her honour for keeping me up untill the wee hours of the morning jacked up on coffee because the novels were too good to put down! Waiting with baited breath for the next installment. I have used the covers of her books as a template and tried to make my own version. I hope you like it. Lady Victoria Gardella Grantworth De Lacy is Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Jane Austen. She kicks butt in the 1800’s. Saving the human race from Vampires and Deamons alike. A Very Captivating character. Here is the Blurb on the first novel “The Rest Falls Away”. “Vampires have always lived among them, quietly attacking unsuspecting debutantes and dandified lords as well as hackney drivers and Bond Street milliners. If not for the Vampire slayers of the Gardella Familiy, these immortal creatures would have long ago taken over the world. In Every Generation, a Gardella is called to accept the family legacy, and this time, Victoria Gardella Grantworth is chosen, on the eve of her debut, to carry the stake. But as she moves between the the crush of ballrooms and dangerous moonlit streets, Victoria’s heart is torn between Londons most eligible batchelor , the Marquess of Rockley, and her duty. And when she comes face-to-face with the most powerfull vampire in history (Lilith), Victoria must ultimately make a choice between obligation and love…” I would like to thank FaeStock for her stock images / http://faestock.deviantart.com/art/Point-of-no-return3-59393542 / http://faestock.deviantart.com/art/Bells-Falls30-99192136 Lady-Dementia-Stock for her Back Vintage Texture http://lady-dementia-stock.deviantart.com/art/Black-Vintage-63385111 Frozen Star Ro for her Stock image http://frozenstarro.deviantart.com/art/Background-1-100322285 Thank you all for your wonderful stock images
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A little bit of Advertising for the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Myalgia Encephaliis Fibro Myalgia People I am submitting this into something to say group ,I think it says it well. Passion Group; I am passionate this message gets to the people and medical profession around the world for understanding and compassion, Please remember,the next sufferer could be YOU or one of you family. It CAN be an inherited condition.It is NOT contagious. It can happen overnight or it can sneek up silently over a few weeks.
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Lettered version of “TRAPPED”
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Fibromyalgia, Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome, Osteo and Rheumatoid Arthritis and much more.
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Snoop Dogg at Eureka Municipal Auditorium
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One more tshirt!
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impress yourself with what a space case you really are! / (don’t worry about impressing anyone else, they just don’t get you like you do) / :-)
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stenosis, lung cancer, heart attacks, birth defects and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Design by Sánchez ® 2008 / Original artwork size / 80×180 cms. / Triptico
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Design by Sánchez ® 2008 / Original artwork size / 80×180 cms. / Triptico
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um, yeah! /
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Waving a White Flag at Reality
by Hayley CafarellaThere is no use denying / Bad happens to good people too / There is no use in crying / That bad shouldn’t happen to you
I’ve really had to put a lot of effort into learning to accept things over the last couple of years…I suppose this poem is a little about that and a little about extremism…I don’t believe you have to always see half glasses of water as half full or half empty, although logic would have me think if it was originally empty then it’s half full, if was originally full then it’s half empty, but mostly I simply accept that half of the glass is filled with water, for better or for worse, that’s just the way it is and I’ll find a way to work with that much liquid ;) I absolutely believe in having hope and being optimistic about the unknown, I just perhaps don’t feel the need to work myself into a state of denial that doesn’t let me prepare myself for if things don’t go so well. I hope and I dream, but I try not to expect…closed expectation can be very, very dangerous. Expect that things might turn out differently to how you expect them too…lolz…that’s probably the most balanced form of expectation. Perhaps this is a long winded way of saying ‘take it as it comes’? Hope for everything, expect nothing. Read & Subscribe to my blog updates at: http://rellacafa.com
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One Breath After The Other
by Hayley CafarellaIt’s like a constant waiting game / With each and every day the same
Sigh…this is just life with RSD…there are not guaranteed treatments or cures. Sometimes my body flares up in such pain that I can’t even believe I stay conscious and yet there is nothing I can do about it, I cannot take a painkiller and make it go away… I hope that by sharing my story and experiences I can help educate people about RSD/CRPS…suffering from an unknown and invisible disease makes it extremely difficult to get by in a society that judges on appearance. It’s not like having a condition that people understand, like Epilepsy or Multiple Sclerosis. RSD sufferers have to explain their condition constantly, even to the doctors and nurses they rely on and often are met with looks of disbelief and suspicion. Please understand that this is not ‘phantom pain’, this is REAL PAIN, our nerves are firing pain signals constantly, there is just not a known reason for them to be doing that. Please be aware, when you are out there in the big, wide world, that there are medical conditions that you might never have heard of, degrees of pain that you might not understand…just be aware and maybe don’t got ramming people out of your way and stomping on their feet, you might be causing a lifetime of pain. Thanks for taking the time to read this, thank you for listening, by simply listening you have helped my cause…thanks again. If you are interested in learning more about my situation, please subscribe to my blog at http://rellacafa.com
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