On endless shores...
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:32 pm
Creativity post diagnosis: children (and adults) playing on endless shores as the Indian poet Tagore said…
Many people find their creativity is pushed into being by diagnosis—here’s what I heard Sheryl Crowe say on Woman’s Hour:
The American singer-songwriter had a breast cancer diagnosis 8 years ago and when she left the radiography unit the consultant said ‘you should have a look at your history and your narrative.. that’s what I’d advise’…so she did: weeding out what she called (as many do) ‘toxic’ relationships—she then went on to adopt two little boys and she has just made a new recording and here’s one of the songs here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhOVL0qUCwM http://www.sherylcrow.com/
First of all how amazing is that, a radiologist thinking about emotional issues—(this was in the States)—and also we need to bear in mind that history isn’t destiny, it’s putting it to rest which is crucial, altering the narrative for better things to come.
So this forum is for all of you cansurvivors to add your own creative links & creations – this IS your story now.
Many people find their creativity is pushed into being by diagnosis—here’s what I heard Sheryl Crowe say on Woman’s Hour:
The American singer-songwriter had a breast cancer diagnosis 8 years ago and when she left the radiography unit the consultant said ‘you should have a look at your history and your narrative.. that’s what I’d advise’…so she did: weeding out what she called (as many do) ‘toxic’ relationships—she then went on to adopt two little boys and she has just made a new recording and here’s one of the songs here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhOVL0qUCwM http://www.sherylcrow.com/
First of all how amazing is that, a radiologist thinking about emotional issues—(this was in the States)—and also we need to bear in mind that history isn’t destiny, it’s putting it to rest which is crucial, altering the narrative for better things to come.
So this forum is for all of you cansurvivors to add your own creative links & creations – this IS your story now.