Posted in bipolar disorder, Garden, Mental Illness, Pain, Peripheral neuropathy, Photography

Ouch, WIND, and Iris

I’m having a major neuropathy flareup. I’ve taken gabapentin,  put CBD oil in a capsule and swallowed it, 5mg of THC and my TENS unit. I’m stoned and I think I’m having hallucinations. It’s hard to know how much of what I perceive is real.  I’m also staggering around the house. And I’m still in pain. Bleah!!!

Art reliably helps with the pain. I played around making fabric designs.

The iris are blooming. The original clump got overcrowded, so Jim split the clump in two.

No idea if this will work, but here’s a GIF I had to make for my photography class. We’ve been having WIND in the desert. Right now, there’s a low pressure system blowing in. I could tell by the pain in my arthritic knuckles.

I have to put together a narrative for my photography class. So….I put together a bipolar narrative. I might have stumbled onto a way to show people what bipolar disorder feels like. That’s the beauty of being a multi-media artist. When one medium won’t work for what I want, there’s another one or two that will work. 

Rather than listen to my photography teacher explain how to do a GIF in photoshop (it’s much easier using PhotoScapeX), I played around with collages. They turn into interesting fabric designs.

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

My Spoonfliower shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

My online store, Deb Thuman Art, is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com

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I retired from the Public Defender Dept. November 12, 2015 after 16 health destroying years. Now, I'm a full time multi-media artist and writer on a new adventure. As an artist, I create with beads, fabric, fiber, and ceramic clay. Sometimes separately; sometimes in assorted combinations. You can find my on-line store at: www.debthumanart.com.