PAOM ft "Battle Inside"

paom ft.

battle inside

the

greatest

battle is

inside you

When I suffered from cancer in stage 4 (and relapsed which has brought me to despair) my oncologist gave me a book by Dr

Simonton. In this book he described how someone can fight their disease through

drawing or painting. I clung to the book as my last hope and started drawing.

I survived and mostly this is the achievement of the wonderful doctors who did everything to save my life. But I’m sure I had

a big share in this victory. My chances

were low. But I raised them a lot through my work.

Later I started sharing my experience with other patients. I shared tips on how

to make small paintings and collages fast and easy. the “battle Inside” project was born.

In this project i used images from “battle inside” to create a collection of clothing

and stuffed toys. most of them will be given away to people who is fighting the disease now!

Everyone has fears, despair, moments

of

weakness,

Sometimes

we cry and wallow in self pity.

But we also have strength. It is the reason we survive. In many workshops I‘ve asked people to draw their strongest points. And to make it easier I suggested to use masks in the style of world folklore. Most nations have incredible masks depicting their enemies, helpers, gods or demons.

You could try do draw one too!

my

battle

My vic

ctory!

this baby animals

are little guardians!

I made patterns of the animals. then everyone painted one.

then paom.com printed them on fabric

then i sewed them. and everyone who was my guest in this week had to stuff one

m.j. helps to cut the fabric

Now they will help children who suffer from disease

they are sooo soft and cuddly!

but a baby leopard is already a leopard!

a baby fox is sly and

a baby wolf is brave!

They are strong! like you!

finally I sent out 300 journals inviting strangers to draw two ­pages in them - as a first exercise in battle against cancer.

The journals are coming back to me slowly. But hundreds of them are still on the way. If you get one – design a Page or two in it and pass it on to the next fighter!

Some of the pictures became part of this

collection

hero hero Praise yourself! Encourgage yourself! Award yourself for every small step! Swank with your success! Celebrate every

Improvement as a big thing!

Draw your strongest points!

Your courage, fighting spirit, patience, optimism! Don’t be shy! Here you are the hero! You are the winner - every day!

Things worth fighting for In hospital you have

lots of time to think. what if it ends just

now? Was my life good? did I spend my time

with the right things? what did i miss? What

am i fighting for? More time? For what? Draw the things that make the

struggle worthwhile!

The best is yet to come

I don‘t fear the

battle

I‘m FRE

EE

Big thanx to:

svetlana frank

matthias holzmann

My Mom. She supports me in everything and she also embroidered some shirts for this project

My Muse

masha terentieva

dinara rasuleva

And everyone who was

drawing in the journals!

sean payton

sarah andrina

eugene yukechev

margarita yukecheva

Lilia yukecheva

sasha yukecheva

mrs jones

mrs miniver

(The Helping Paws)

Š miu mau 2016