The Chronic Pain Project
A great new site started as a visual sociology project by Lyra, a chronic pain sufferer, photographer and artist who wanted to help bring awareness and understanding to, as well as visually document, the ‘invisible’ medical condition. The Chronic Pain Project is a developing online collection of stories from and images taken by, people who experience persistent pain.You can share photos and/or your story.
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| I am interested in the way trees might "exhibit-pain" in nature |
The Chronic Pain Project aims to share the diverse experience of chronic pain through images taken from people braving the often debilitating condition. Instead of having to read or write long blog posts to connect with others (which may be difficult in the circumstances), The Chronic Pain Project is visually-based and uses the common language of photography to show, rather than tell. It is much easier to take a photo on a smartphone than to write a story – and a picture is worth a thousand words.
It is hard to bring about change, however awareness is the first step. By sharing your story and pictures with us and the world, we can encourage more dialogue and understanding of what it is like living with chronic pain on a daily basis. You are not alone.
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