Acknowledge and Celebrate 2021
Happy New Year Dear Friends How I love this time of year! New Years Day is the ultimate beginning isn’t it? Full of promise and big release energy. 2021 has been a difficult and deeply transformative year for many of us. This picture of me was taken on Magnetic Island this year, by my dear friend […]
Things I didn’t know about cancer till I had it
TRIGGER WARNING. This list could be confronting, especially if you or your loved one have recently been diagnosed. I’m sorry for that. I don’t wan’t to scare anybody. There will be some people who read this and feel a little less alone. This is for you. Tonight is the eve of my last cancer treatment.Nine months.A […]
Self portrait + I’ve finished treatment
Folks! Yesterday I officially finished active cancer treatment. It’s been nine months since diagnosis. A Double Mastectomy. 16 Rounds of Chemotherapy. 25 Rounds of Radiation. Endless painful needles. And it’s done. So I give to you Bad Painting #11 A Self Portrait. As I am. I don’t usually do self portraits but it felt […]
Radiation Blues
These days are super emotional. I’m nearly at the end of five weeks of radiation. Radiation treatment is a relatively easy thing and the technicians are so sweet and kind. But it’s emotional. Everyday I walk into a freezing cold room and take my clothes off in front of strangers.I lie down under a big […]
CHEMO: What I Haven’t Been Doing
Finding ways to describe the Cancer/ Chemo journey is difficult. Many of my gorgeous friends have been asking how I am. I want to share with you. I want to tell you what I’ve been doing but it’s hard to find the right words. It occurred to me that perhaps it would be easier to […]
CHEMO: What I have Been Doing
Chemo is shit you guys!! I wrote all about that and WHAT I HAVEN’T BEEN DOING in my last post. Now let me tell you about WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. Firstly I have been extra kind to myself about what I have not been doing. No pressure. No guilt. Just rest, heal and do […]
100 Bad Paintings
I’ve created a project to help me get through the next 6 months of cancer treatment and it’s called… 100 BAD PAINTINGS! Why would I want to make one hundred bad paintings I hear you ask? Well it’s not that they are actually bad. In fact I think they are quite beautiful so far! The […]
Gentleness & Space
Dear Sweet Friends By now many of you know that I have recently been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. I have written this post about it to explain my situation in more detail. It’s not my tendency to share deeply personal things. However I think these circumstances are a little different. This is big. This is too big for […]
Stronger Than We Think
My dear friends. There is something important that I want to share with you. Three weeks ago I went for a routine breast examination. I had no concerns about it. In fact I only went because my parents were pestering me to go for a regular checkup now that I’m in my 40s. I went […]
