i can't really say i'm much of an artists these days because I'm too sick.... but i was before i got sick and will be once i'm well enuff.

I was wondering what kind of mediums you worked in before you got sick

and if its forced you to change mediums ???if so what are they during the illnes ???

or if u have even had to stop.

me- I worked alot of mediums
plaster, wood, various clays, papers, found objects, materials, wire, various paints (oils, watercolors, acrylic , spray, house paint,) tape, screenprints ,etching, intaglio, oil pastels, softpastels, conte crayons, charcoal, kids crayons , markers, pencils, ink and im probaly forgetting stuff.

I'd just like to here how others have copes with various limitations that the disease has imposed....

i can't wait till im well enuff to work on my art and work because i'm going to teach art...

right now i'm just kinda waiting to be able to live again..

and if i could figure out a way to do some artwork that felt like it was geniune and not watered down because of the disease ... it would just make life richer for me.

thank you to all who post

Her grand champion was also on an original story book that she illustrated..Writing was also one of her many talents.

I am very sorry to say that it is almost gone..There are times when a glimmer will shine thru..Last year she won first place in a County AIDS poster contest..but she just tells me it is gone..I think it is just hidden.

I sometimes email a lady that is being treated for Mold..She was first going the route of lyme and may still have it, but she is getting back to her art, so I have hope..

I think it is still there but the cognitive skills are dulled with the disease and with the meds..I do not think it goes away..

I've always been crafty and artsy, even when I too young to properly hold my paintbrush. I did art throughout highschool (though taking art classes has often put me off to doing it...you know the old stubborn attitude "if they tell me to, I won't do it").

I also used to write, but haven't had the energy or inspiration int he past couple years aside from the necessary school assignments.

I'm a musician as well, and have found most of my limitations in this because of the physical output required to play an instrument. I play bass...which is heavy, and flute...which requires a lot of air support.

These days my visual arts media of choice is photography (digital and traditional). I had a spread published in Shutterbug magazine this past July.

I often get frustrated with mental block and physical limitations in expressing myself creatively, but it's worth the push sometimes!

I believe it is a gift from God, although an undeserved one, I'm very thankful for it!

Azure Wish, it sounds like we have a lot in common.
I love any type of medium - I always wished I had the funds/time to do it all...

Pencil drawing has been top on my list, painting with acrylics, oils, pastels, colored pencil, I love working with clay/sculpture. I love creating things with my hands.

I use to paint or draw people portraits and pet portraits - I use to be really busy before Christmas every year. I also use to do house/landscape drawings for my brother - he was a realtor, and he would give the new homeowners a drawing of their new home as a housewarming gift.

I use to be the "props and backdrop scenery" person at my Church. One year I built a life-sized house front and porch for our Christmas play with cardboard, wood frame, paint and hot glue. I was crazy! It took me a couple of weeks of working for hours and hours every day.

Now, I don't do any art at the present because of the way I feel with this stupid lyme. I love to do detailed artwork and I have lost a lot of the "steadiness" of my hands. I hate it, and I hope that it will get better with treatment.

I'm supposed to do a picture of our new church building....and I haven't been able to even bring myself to try to start it.

He knows better now and is protecting himself and his remaining other kidney.

Detoxing is a must if you want to get well from Lyme.

You might want to read some of my posts on Medical. They are all about this.

Best wishes.

P.S. hairdressers run the same risk!

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Originally posted by chainsaw joe:
I guess chainsaw joe would give away the medium I work in,wood.My art keeps me sane and is my exercise.I just am very limited in the time I have the energy to do it and that fustrates the hell out of me.

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Chainsaw joe,
Do you do tree stumps? In my neck of the woods we have a local artist who creates chainsaw sculptures from large tree stumps left when someone has a tree cut down in their yard. Instead of digging up the yard to uproot it, they have a gorgeous piece of artwork!

Since ill I am not able to put in new gardens. However I can work with dried flowers and this summer it proved very theraputic for me. Like basket making at the sanitarium.LOL

Interestingly I have had major personalitly changes with lyme but I seem to be more creative than usual. Hard to say where I will end up.

I do recommend finding something creative for you to do in a chair or bed because it is such a wonderful outlet and you may be surprised at what you come up with.

Cathy

Between the not having enough air to push the notes through, and the quickened tiredness and sore vocal chords, the notes dont come out anymore so well.

Last night was singing Amazing Grace at a retreat, and couldn't get through it all. Just when I was starting my dream of singing, I contracted this disease.

I'm sorry for all your delayed talents, but I am praying they come back in full force, because even though just being diagnosed, I plan on my voice to come back in full force.