In approximately 5 weeks I have my very first solo exhibition - something both incredibly exciting & scary. Seeing as my exhibition is centred around my experience of chronic ill-health I thought I may as well put it all out there and blog some of my thoughts from the experience in the lead up to the exhibition. It's something that is very difficult to explain so it's all a bit esoteric, so we'll see how this goes...
These 4 weeks of writing come from bits I've re-discovered in journals and random pieces of paper over the course of putting together this exhibition and are either just put up exactly as originally written (more often than not very late at night or early mornings) or very slightly adapted.
Poems & Prayers
in the lead up to my exhibition
My life is
not as
I expected.
It
keeps
changing
and I have to keep up.
I am not who
I expected to be.
I
keep
changing
and
I have to keep up.
Am I
a disappointment
a joy
normal
unusual
ok
growing
slumped
stationary
ignorant
progressing
learning
expecting too much
expecting too little
not listening
hearing
living well
making good choices
making bad choices
doing what I can
?