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STAND UP AND BE COUNTED! OR ARE YOU AFRAID?
S T I G M A !!!!!
For as long as i can remember its been 'different'
RAGE is all i feel, GREY is all i see,
i was born into the wrong life,
when i was a child- colours were so vivid so powerful,
people were MONSTERS
school was lost on me i couldn't understand numbers
i could draw and paint things people couldn't visualise
i felt things much deeper than other people
thought things other people didn't think
thoughts, images, ideas, came so fast i couldn't focus
like a radio endlessley tuning in and out of stations
endless energy, endless accidents, endless fights and confrontation
RAGE
AGGRESSION
but there was drawing
smells, sound, hurt my head
light was too bright
pains in my head
massive highs terrible lows
months at a time of non-functioning behaviour
losing friends
being bullied pointed at.
school absence
teachers not understanding
BEATINGS....
anxious mother
angry father
sadness
heartbroken
alone
colours,shades, tones so bright, faces so bright, distortion
shapes floating and moving in the darkness...
can't trust anyone
punching walls-causing trouble
GOING MAD-LOSING MY MIND.........
broken marriage- homelessness
anger - rage- frustration
illness-loss-no friends
outcast from family - illness
IS THIS NORMAL?
NEW JOB - CORNER TURNED ?
BIRTH OF SON........
painting, tutoring, selling,
the golden jubilee award working in the community
support from my employer...
running my studio
reaching out from the dark
VINCENT VAN GOGH
WINSTON CHURCHILL
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
CHARLES DARWIN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
TONY HANCOCK
STEPHEN FRY
I'M IN GOOD COMPANY.........
SO I'M TOLD..........