thanks Akua,
I have to agree with you. and a better approach would have been "
hi, I'm a TM survivor too, your accomplishments are really
inspirational..." I can vouch for the fact that those openings are
really exhausting and the last one I did was years before TM.
On Jun 27, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Akua wrote:
Gee, I guess I am a curmudgeon. I see no reason why anyone *must*
answer questions from strangers. It's not "getting the word out"
since most people have no manners, are nosy, crass and
insensitive. I don't see his behavior as "rude" at all... at
least not as described.
.
After all the public time and on his way away, he's asked if he has
a disease that he has said he
has and because he doesn't want to engage this is considered rude?
The asker-- already knows about TM!
Especially with the death of Michael Jackson, I feel sensitized to
the strange expectations that people
have, the demands and the intrusions.
This artist has many "high profile" nights --- he was there to
present his ART not his ILLNESS!
When I first performed again after TM left me in pain paralyzed
and wheelchair bound, the last thing I wanted to talk about was
TM. Maybe you two feel differently because you are both still
mobile.
Creating is my respite from pain and limitation.
I've lost several art forms because of TM. I can no longer make hot
glass and my papermaking, which
is plant based has been severely curtailed. It is hard to play the
tenor sax in the wheelchair. I lost
a publication -- I was hospitalized when my final edits were due
to the publisher....
TM is an agonizing hell that I would not want to have reenter in
some rare transcendent moment,
I sure wish I had his limo and assistance getting to and from
events. LOL!
Akua
You know there are some days after working over 8 hours, going to
the pool 3 days a week and swimming 1/2 miles I am "DONE" also but
NEVER, NEVER be that rude or cold to anyone!! anytime someone
wants to ask about the wheel chair, my walker, ect I am nothing
short of a chatter box!! lets get the word out! and if on this
night he had some type of "high profile" night he shold have been
an advocate for all of us!
-------------- Original message from T Kanon <sseco...@yahoo.com>:
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Last night was the opening of this artist's exhibit at the
Brooklyn Museum and I attended. Two people helped him walk down
the aisle and onto the stage. It looked as if his hands were
affected too. After the lecture I saw him in his wheelchair being
taken to a limo. I went over to him and asked if indeed he had
TM. He didn't even look at me and just said I'm done. A guard
said he is very tired. I know he was tired but he was also very
rude!!!
Tobe
Brooklyn NY
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, Akua <a...@artfarm.com> wrote:
From: Akua <a...@artfarm.com>
Subject: [TMIC] Artist w TM in New York times
To: tmic-list@eskimo.com
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 9:42 PM
very interesting article on interesting artist who
had...transverse myelitis. and was paralyzed. but no longer is..
regained ability to walk after three years in a wheelchair
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/arts/design/21sont.html?
_r=1&scp=1&sq=shonibare&st=cse
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You know there are some days after working over 8 hours, going to
the pool 3 days a week and swimming 1/2 miles I am "DONE" also but
NEVER, NEVER be that rude or cold to anyone!! anytime someone
wants to ask about the wheel chair, my walker, ect I am nothing
short of a chatter box!! lets get the word out! and if on this
night he had some type of "high profile" night he shold have been
an advocate for all of us!
-------------- Original message from T Kanon <sseco...@yahoo.com>:
--------------
Last night was the opening of this artist's exhibit at the
Brooklyn Museum and I attended. Two people helped him walk down
the aisle and onto the stage. It looked as if his hands were
affected too. After the lecture I saw him in his wheelchair being
taken to a limo. I went over to him and asked if indeed he had
TM. He didn't even look at me and just said I'm done. A guard
said he is very tired. I know he was tired but he was also very
rude!!!
Tobe
Brooklyn NY
--- On Wed, 6/24/09, Akua <a...@artfarm.com> wrote:
From: Akua <a...@artfarm.com>
Subject: [TMIC] Artist w TM in New York times
To: tmic-list@eskimo.com
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 9:42 PM
very interesting article on interesting artist who
had...transverse myelitis. and was paralyzed. but no longer
is.. regained ability to walk after three years in a wheelchair
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/arts/design/21sont.html?
_r=1&scp=1&sq=shonibare&st=cse
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