Writing – Studio Sabiduria

What Does Chronic Pain Feel Like?

Dear Humans Unfamiliar With Chronic Pain, What part of yourself do you wish strangers could see? For me, it’s the invisible collection I carry everywhere from chronic pain. The collection began with a shift, an accident while working with a student, defined using medical terms “lumbar disc herniations” and “radiculopathy.” While these words explain theContinue reading “What Does Chronic Pain Feel Like?”

Using My #SmileVeil

PC Anna Maria Kommonen-Diaz The idea that brought me here. How many times a day do I use my smile veil to disguise what I’m actually feeling? This mini-lie is a technique I, like many others, mastered at a young age. When getting ready to perform at a piano recital, wobbly with fear, I alwaysContinue reading “Using My #SmileVeil”