Rowena Murphy, 'I Made Myself Smaller' and 'The Rhetorical Poem'. Poems, 2023
Poetry by Rowena Murphy
Poetry
Artist statement: I am Rowena. I am house and bed bound the majority of the time. I have struggled hugely for my whole life, but like so many, was forced to mask and pretend that I was ok. I have suffered from poverty, trauma, abuse and homelessness, throughout my life. Finally now I have a diagnosis of ME/CFS (if you don’t know what that is, you really should) and I am waiting for autism and cPTSD diagnosis. These diagnosis’s explain why no matter how hard I have worked, and I have been working since I was 12, my life only ever got harder.
Creating has always a been a specialist subject for me. I create constantly. Even when I am so ill I can barely move, my mind still makes things. What I share here are words. But I have a background in fine art with a Conceptual Sculpture BA from Camberwell, The University of the Arts London. And am a fully qualified and experienced upholsterer with my own successful business when I am well enough to work @rowenaupholstery
I am now trying to use words to work through the decades of unprocessed trauma and assert who I truly am in this world.
Find out more about Rowena's work at RowenaUpholstery.co.uk
Rowena Murphy, 'I Made Myself Smaller' and 'The Rhetorical Poem'. Poems, 2023
Poetry by Rowena Murphy
Poetry
Artist statement: I am Rowena. I am house and bed bound the majority of the time. I have struggled hugely for my whole life, but like so many, was forced to mask and pretend that I was ok. I have suffered from poverty, trauma, abuse and homelessness, throughout my life. Finally now I have a diagnosis of ME/CFS (if you don’t know what that is, you really should) and I am waiting for autism and cPTSD diagnosis. These diagnosis’s explain why no matter how hard I have worked, and I have been working since I was 12, my life only ever got harder.
Creating has always a been a specialist subject for me. I create constantly. Even when I am so ill I can barely move, my mind still makes things. What I share here are words. But I have a background in fine art with a Conceptual Sculpture BA from Camberwell, The University of the Arts London. And am a fully qualified and experienced upholsterer with my own successful business when I am well enough to work @rowenaupholstery
I am now trying to use words to work through the decades of unprocessed trauma and assert who I truly am in this world.
Find out more about Rowena's work at RowenaUpholstery.co.uk
