Comments on: Exposure http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/2009/12/exposure/ Blog of the artist Cathy Aten Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dorothyanne Brown http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/2009/12/exposure/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Dorothyanne Brown Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:26:46 +0000 http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/?p=1871#comment-765 Love your video, and your postings. I'm on the same journey, with MS that was supposed to be RRMS but which has started a long spiralling trip downwards, unstoppable, unfair. But you are so right - about having "needs" and being surprised by what they are - about liking yourself better now. I was never needy, never took anything from people, was almost too independent. This disease is teaching me, painfully, how to accept help, how to ask for it. Thanks for the reading. Best wishes... DA Love your video, and your postings. I’m on the same journey, with MS that was supposed to be RRMS but which has started a long spiralling trip downwards, unstoppable, unfair.
But you are so right – about having “needs” and being surprised by what they are – about liking yourself better now.
I was never needy, never took anything from people, was almost too independent. This disease is teaching me, painfully, how to accept help, how to ask for it.
Thanks for the reading. Best wishes…
DA

]]> By: Mitch http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/2009/12/exposure/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Mitch Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:58:07 +0000 http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/?p=1871#comment-763 Cathy, What a beautiful video. Thanks for taking the risk to share your vulnerability like that. My body is in a similar situation as yours. I've had PPMS since 2001, and am in a wheelchair full time. You pose an interesting question: "What all can you take away and still have the essence of a thing?" I suppose this is a question all of us who are in decline are asking ourselves, but you ask it so eloquently. Based on your approach to life's challenges, I'd say that your essence will survive for a very, very long time- no matter how much your body fails. Best of luck in your journey. Mitch Cathy,

What a beautiful video. Thanks for taking the risk to share your vulnerability like that.

My body is in a similar situation as yours. I’ve had PPMS since 2001, and am in a wheelchair full time.

You pose an interesting question: “What all can you take away and still have the essence of a thing?” I suppose this is a question all of us who are in decline are asking ourselves, but you ask it so eloquently.

Based on your approach to life’s challenges, I’d say that your essence will survive for a very, very long time- no matter how much your body fails.

Best of luck in your journey.

Mitch

]]> By: SEKINO KA http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/2009/12/exposure/comment-page-1/#comment-762 SEKINO KA Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:16:20 +0000 http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/?p=1871#comment-762 To see a blog WHEELCHAIR KAMIKAZE , I could visit here. In your art work, primitive parts and sensitive parts are coexisting. Usually these two elements are contradictory. But with your hands, a miracle happened. I watched your movie. I expect you transform your inner psychological world into your art works. To see a blog WHEELCHAIR KAMIKAZE , I could visit here.
In your art work, primitive parts and sensitive parts are coexisting. Usually these two elements are contradictory. But with your hands, a miracle happened.
I watched your movie. I expect you transform your inner psychological world into your art works.

]]> By: Carol Aten http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/2009/12/exposure/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Carol Aten Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:09:29 +0000 http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/?p=1871#comment-759 I like you shiny :) I like you shiny :)

]]> By: Laurene http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/2009/12/exposure/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Laurene Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:16:25 +0000 http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/?p=1871#comment-757 I love you. And I admire, not just your courage, but that you know to do this, and listen to the knowing. Thank you for sharing this with me. Thanks for putting the truth on the table. It is so rare. I love you. And I admire, not just your courage, but that you know to do this, and listen to the knowing. Thank you for sharing this with me. Thanks for putting the truth on the table. It is so rare.

]]> By: S Rose http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/2009/12/exposure/comment-page-1/#comment-756 S Rose Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:10:28 +0000 http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/?p=1871#comment-756 remember that this vulnerability is a GIFT... remember that this vulnerability is a GIFT…

]]> By: Suejan http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/2009/12/exposure/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Suejan Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:20:08 +0000 http://www.cathyaten.com/wordpress/?p=1871#comment-753 That is very good Im writing book[done a t-shirt] all profit goes to MS and Autism Youve inspired me as if I think about it all think Im washing dirty linen in public That is very good Im writing book[done a t-shirt] all profit goes to MS and Autism Youve inspired me as if I think about it all think Im washing dirty linen in public

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