I was consistently prescribed nature sunshine and art.
Exhibition origin story
When I first became injured, outside of medical interventions, and due to the complexity of my condition – I was consistently prescribed nature, sunshine and art.
Nature and sunshine offered a place for rest, reflection and healing, but art – this recommendation was unexpected! – and a true gift to me, as an artist. I embraced making, gravitating towards media that I felt physically comfortable working in, being fire, metal and jewellery.
Art helped with my rehabilitation and symptom management, and gave me tangible goals to aspire to.
It offered a place for my neurorehabilitation, it helped with symptom management, gave me tangible goals to aspire to, and my favourite – presented me with an abundance of joy.
Making beautiful objects presented me with an abundance of joy.
As my journey progressed, I very slowly returned in small parts to my previous career in curation, building SICK AF from the floor of my art studio/ office/ healing zone. Working alongside the incredible humans in SICK AF – artists and storytellers – as they shared their story, I saw the commonalities between what making art brings. These benefits of art often living in the process of making itself.
Life alternating and taking daily grit and persistence, the heart of this journey is about finding your beacon of light and shining meaning into your life.