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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Alice Shambrook<br />
PATIENT AND ARTIST<br />
70<br />
The paintings don’t feel as though they come<br />
from me. The paint and the brushes take over. I<br />
think I’ve got an Artist’s name. ‘Alice Shambrook’.<br />
I used to work for years and years in a shop in<br />
Sauchiehall Street opposite Glasgow School<br />
of Art. I used to stand in the doorway of the<br />
shop and look up at the School of Art and all<br />
the magic that spilled out of there. Now I’m<br />
an Artist and I’m a part of that same magic.<br />
When I had my stroke I felt like a nobody and a<br />
nothing. Now I feel like someone special when<br />
people say ‘Alice, is that your painting over<br />
there?’ and I say ‘Yes, that’s my painting.’<br />
You see art should be part of the world of<br />
all the ordinary people like me who never<br />
had a chance to be part of the magic.
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