A Little Bit About Me

Hello Everyone

This is a new blog post that is replacing the one that I deleted by accident. Hopefully I remember everything I want to talk about. I also hope it might be a better blog than my first one. We will see. Come on this quick journey with me.

I am an artist with a brain injury. I got my brain injury from a car accident that I was in. I was quite young, and I do believe my mind is stuck in that age mindset I was in sometimes. I’ve loved painting and drawing since I was a child. I went to school for something else, but I don’t think I should have done that.

After my accident I had a lot of trouble with reading, and speaking. I stuttered a lot, and I couldn’t seem to read like I had before. Also my writing was getting strange. I would write whole words inside another one. Sometimes whole sentences too.

I had trouble remembering things, people, doctor appointments, etc. I still have issues with all of these things. The problems with words and sentences only happen now if I am really tired. Stuttering doesn’t happen that often. Maybe if I have a migraine or am so extremely tired. Organizing is another issue of mine. I am not able to do this like normal people. I also have issues with paperwork and math at times.

After the accident I had issues with painting, drawing and doing those things I love. I felt like my painting was very lacking, and was not up to my standards. Also my hand was so shaky at times that nothing was straight. I felt sad and upset about not being able to do what I enjoyed and loved to do. I needed to create, it is in my blood.

I had help and support from a place called The Opportunity Centre.It’s not quite the same as it was, but when I needed it, it was there. The people and place was a God sent for me. They convinced me to try some of their classes they had for people like me that needed help.

I started with pottery, and I felt great making things again. I loved that class. My favorite part was throwing the clay. It helped me get out some of my anger at what had happened to me. As well as the trouble I was having with the Insurance company. They will take your money, but when you need help they are not always so accommodating to your issues.

Then I had a jewelry class with beads. That was a lot of fun. Then it was glass fusing glass. This was so amazing. Breaking the glass, cutting it and then putting in patterns and fusing together was so much fun. Especially the breaking part.

Then I went to making cards, and scrapbooking. Then knitting. All classes were lovely and I still do some of the things from classes still. Some I have forgotten how to do. I know if I want to do them again I will need to do the classes again.

From there I began to do wood burning and wood carving. I had a wonderful teacher. The wood helped me to stop my hand shaking. I began to figure out how to draw and used pencil crayons to add colour to my drawings. I enjoyed that so much. From there I began to paint. Of course there were things I forgot like how to add shadows. For a long time I forgot those in my drawings, and paintings.

I still have issues remembering those things, but I keep taking classes from a wonderful place called skillshare. It;s helped me out a lot. So here is a quick hello and a bit of my journey of losing my ability to paint and at least getting some of it back from my brain injury.

Thank you for your time.