I'LL BE DOING THIS SKY IN MY DREAMS TONIGHT
This document is about validating the importance of creative expression of people who are living within a hospital context. It is based on the assumption that art is about values, beliefs, identity, expression and communication and as such should be a fundamental right of every individual, regardless of whether they are in hospital or not.
This document is about validating the importance of creative expression of people who are living within a hospital context. It is based on the assumption that art is about values, beliefs, identity, expression and communication and as such should be a fundamental right of every individual, regardless of whether they are in hospital or not.
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Loretto Fernie<br />
PATIENT AND ARTIST<br />
60<br />
I’d love to have<br />
gone to Art School.<br />
I would never have<br />
missed a class.<br />
I’d have been the<br />
first one in and the<br />
last one out.<br />
I’m an insomniac. I only sleep<br />
for an hour or so at a time. I<br />
used to lie there awake, just<br />
worrying and thinking. Now I<br />
keep my paints and my easel<br />
by my bed and when I wake<br />
up I paint. Sometimes I get<br />
my best ideas in the night.<br />
Since I started painting I’ve<br />
cut down on my smoking. I<br />
used to smoke about 60 a day<br />
and now I smoke about 15.<br />
I would paint all day and all night<br />
if I could. I’d love to have gone<br />
to Art School. I would never have<br />
missed a class. I’d have been the<br />
first one in and the last one out.
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