ByGiora Carmi
I was waiting. We were in a big Salvation Army store, far away from home. I found a huge comfort chair near the entrance and sat in it. The pain was unbearable. I had to do something. I had my small pad, markers and color pencils. The first drawing looked very much like pain drawings…
ByJohn Osborne
Pain comes in many shades – but which is which? Some years ago, when I was a gymnast, young and fit, I was lucky enough to be chosen to trial for what then was the UK Olympic Gym Team. At the time there was no such thing as “sponsorship” or money of any sort available…
ByGiora Carmi
Let’s start with a day of pain. I wanted to post this drawing alone, without saying anything, but the plan has changed. Now a second day like this has come, and a third day. And in the third day I have an appointment at the place where that workshop is taking place, to try all…
ByGiora Carmi
Old pain picture I lie down to sleep and the pain increases. It cannot be ignored and it is impossible to sleep. What can I do now? Every night and every day I ask this question numerous times. There are several things that I can do. There are many actually, but for whatever reason I…
ByGiora Carmi
It is a day of pain, and I can’t but draw it again and again. A series of three is made and I have them here for you, with the going-in-with-words. Pain Cry out my boy Cry out Dark and sharp is the world for you these days Shout that it hurts…
ByGiora Carmi
I am taking the car to the repair shop. I wait for the mechanics to finish, sitting in a café nearby. I have my paints with me. This is what comes out: And the words follow quite easily: Open the sky, my friend Do you see the burning earth energy As it…
ByGiora Carmi
Another 4 in the morning. It is a harder night for me and I have already woken up many times. I just feel like doing a drawing. This time I use the watercolors. It goes pretty fast till I get the feeling that I have to stop. I collect some words and go back to…
ByGiora Carmi
It is 4 o’clock in the morning, dark all around and I have been awake for a while by the pain. I feel the need to draw. I go to my table and turn on the light. The markers and pencils are there. Sometimes I prefer to use markers to draw the pain as they…
ByGiora Carmi
It is 4 in the morning. I have not slept for hours due to the pain. It is pretty strong this night. I take the little hand-held and turn it on. The little screen almost blinds me. Trembling with pain I draw. My stylus slips and catches the yellow color. A short yellow line is…
ByGiora Carmi
I am starting the process of accepting everything, beginning with shame, guilt and fear about sex. This day I have a lot of pain in my foot. It has not stopped throughout the night and all the hours of this morning. The pain is so strong that all my body shakes from it. I will…
ByCaroline Nettle
I was reflecting today how some people go through life and seem to upset everyone around them, and others offend very few people. There comes a point in your journey of spiritual growth that you need to start taking responsibility for your reactions. For example, when someone does upset or offend me it is because…
ByGiora Carmi
I did this at night. I woke up with so much pain and could not sleep. A few days beforeI came back from the hospital. A kidney stone had taken me there, but while there it was found that I had a clogged artery on the heart’s wall, which was resolved immediately. But something else…