A week of learning and accepting, of beauty and annoyance, of extreme tiredness, pure joy and big smiles.
A week in which I was told - again- to not give up on the path I am on, and that I Rock :-)
It started off with art student Phyllis coming for work experience. A sharing of skills and knowledge: I have support to do some experimental work on my animation project, in turn I give guidance with the sculptural work for her course.
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| After the interview on TCRfm with Bernadette and Stan Phillips. image from facebook page |
On Tuesday I received a phone call from Bernadette Phillips, while she was visiting the Dis-ability ... This Ability exhibition. Bernadette persuaded me to travel to Tramore on Thursday to be interviewed on their 'World in View' program on Tramore Community Radio.
I was honoured to be asked, but also concerned about travelling two days in a row as unfortunately I had a hospital appointment on Wednesday which made me yet again experience the wasteful-workings-of-the-HSE ... I will write about that later, as it would spoil the beauty of the other happenings this week!
I am SO glad that Bernadette did not settle for having an interview conducted over the phone...
Yes it was a challenge to get up on Thursday morning while feeling quite ill with tiredness, even though I had been in bed and on the couch for almost twenty hours. Painkillers, a shower, meditation and a conviction that this was an opportunity not to be missed, I was driven to Tramore. Yet again the weather played its part and granted me with stunning views of mountains and the sea.
Even the studio has a view over the beach and sea!
The connection that was made with Bernadette during our initial phonecall certainly continued when we met. The energy of Bernadette and husband Stan, who run the radio program together, is just simply beautiful. They are people who are absolutely grounded in spirituality, in nature, in love of life, in understanding of life. What a privilege to be in their company, to talk with them about my journey through life and illness. About art and writing, disability and the exhibition. To received encouragement, or maybe their 'push' to not deviate from the path I am currently on: to share with 'the world' the Ability of people with dis-abilities. To share my story. Bernadette- like Grace O'Sullivan at the opening talk looked me straight into my eyes when saying this... Thank you! Thank you also to the listeners who commented with such positivity on the interview.
The half hour interview is available as podcast . My interview starts at about 9.30 minutes in, although the whole program is interesting!
For me personally, there is a lot to take in from this interview, the exhibition, the reactions to it all. It does take time to make it mine - to find ways in which I can tell me story in a way that it does not negatively influence my health, by going over my energy limits.
This BLOG is for now the best communication tool I can use, and over time, maybe I can do more talks, like to ones I did this year at The Sanctaury, at UCC, radio, at exhibitions and book launches... All in good time! If you like to get notifications of my posts, please sign up for "Follow by email"
Again, Thank YOU, my readers for coming along on my journey of discovery.
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| Show during Trump protest, with original quote by Angela Y. Davis |
A good goal to have!
Links for further reading:
Grace O'Sullivan's talk, which is included in this post
Hatched (with poetry and images) now available as e-book
Talk at the Sanctuary
My book SHOP
Tramore Community Radio 'World In View'
Bernadette Phillips website
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| Apparently I 'rock', now that made me smile! facebook comment |
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