PixieMoonArts – Pain

Artist: PixieMoonArts

Title of Piece: Pain

About the Piece: This is a collection of prose – photography, and an abstract painting I did a few years back.

That painting, depicted me, an old photo of myself cut up into small pieces, and with wording about how pain inflicts the body, mind and soul.

It seemed fitting to embed it with a photo of myself these days with more prose.

I guess sometimes, I feel overwhelmed by the constant pain I am in, I really feel those who have not suffered, can’t really fathom to a point. On those days, Clarity comes through confusion.

But I also know if I did not feel the pain I have felt, I would not have the empathy for others in similar plights or those who know of those, close family members, friends, relatives who watch those suffer from it.

About the Artist: Self taught, in all levels!

My artistic field has been around since I was a kid, dabbling in all sorts for decades, starting with abstract arts, and prose.

I have never had any formal training in anything I have done or do, I love the fact I am completely self taught, so it is a challenge and a experience everything I gain and learn!

As for the pain front, I am 37 years old, and I was born with Fibromyalgia, I was shipped back and forth to doctors, and specialists as a child, with the same old reason coming back, it was growing pains. It wasn’t until I was 19 years old, that I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, and not after numerous diagnoses and wrong treatments! I used to call my pains, *mini arthritis* as a kid, and teen, I was far from the truth, I knew there was something wrong.

So now, 37 years later I still suffer, varying in degrees, some days worse than others. But you survive. And no one knows your body, better than yourself. I know when I have done too much, and what I need to do. It is a hard slog, but it certainly not a death sentence, unless that person chooses it to be.