Has anyone else lost their artistic interest - Headway

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Has anyone else lost their artistic interest

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Just been back to Sheffield and used my eyes to actually see ( can't usually concentrate to artistcally look for a picture) and by thinking about camera angles I managed to make this image

Has anyone else found they have lost their artistic streak

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B_S_A

I find myself playing the piano a lot more since the stroke (probably due to the free time I now have), which has been really helpful in recovery.

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Mikesghost

I used to draw all the time and really enjoyed it but since my op I have hardly drawn a thing.

Nice photo BTW!

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GB45enceph

I've noticed an alteration in visual perception; I see the noise of everything now but I can't afford to lose interest. I've lost interest in most things enjoyable - I think that's par for the coarse in my recovery.

The visual perception thing is quite interesting, you talk about 'seeing', I remember at art school our first lesson was to 'look' rather than 'see'. A good analogy is walking into a crowded room and being able to 'listen' to individual conversations rather than 'hearing' the noise - and the distracting noise of a busy cafe has had me feeling physically sick before; but I understand what you're saying.

I noticed a strange alteration in this visual aspect when I was finishing a painting for some relatives - It appeared as if I could see more detail than I'd done before - I saw a documentary about autism - many autistic people find it really easy to find 'where's whally' & I wondered if whilst my brain has been busy doing a re-wiring job if something happened. From a professional point of view I'm not sure if this will be an advantage or dis-advantage. What I do know is that it's virtually impossible to be creative when stressed and depressed and I'm sure we've all encountered that - most of the time now it's 'creativity by auto-pilot' but that's probably more to do with fatigue, frustration and all the damned rest!

The one major thing I'm doing to improve my concentration is life drawing - but I just end comparing my work to my pre illness standard - so it's not always enjoyable.

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Stardrop

I would say that I was good at calculating numbers before but am now rubbish, but I seem to be better at designing arty things although I'm not good at delicate drawing or controlling a paint brush/pen.Perhaps I notice some things because life is in the slow lane now .

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calimero262

@dillm2: very nice pictures - I think you should continue taking pictures of things around you.

My artistic perception has not change much since TBI, I think even heightened a bit.... as indeed, life becomes much slower and you have time to appreciate more.

@Stardrop: I experienced the same with (mental) calculating ability after TBI. I seem to struggle with numbers as they easily jumbled up when they are lined in a row. It is also very difficult to register them in your head - even simple ingredient measurements for cooking (which seldom exceeds 3 numbers maximum). I kept thinking whether this is a kind of "dyslexia" in a number sense. Anyone else suffer from this kind of symptoms after TBI and knows whether there is any treatment/type of exercises to improve your numerical capacity?

intersting as you can see i often tyope like this and then habv to run spe;l chesk

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interesting as you can see I often type like this and the have to run spell check the above was REALLY how i typed what i was thinking

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