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| DRAWING BREATH : THE JOURNEY Jean Fraser began her cycle journey from Whitstable to Hastings on 16th July, writing and photographing on the way, and arrived at Hastings on the 19th August. |
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The Drawing Breath project is a response to chronic illness and the changes in self-perception that this can cause. The journey aimed to maximize Jean's physical and mental health through exploring the body’s inbuilt adaptability in the face of major health changes. She also aimed to use the project to raise the profile of respiratory disease and combat the judgmental attitudes which often surround it. At the end of the journey Jean's daily medication had dropped by half. Jean’s lung function was monitored by NHS respiratory teams at various points on her journey and she is now exploring ways to incorporate these test results within her artwork. She has become interested in the interaction of environmental conditions with the skin and organs of the body and in how surfaces of the landscape often seem to mirror the body’s aging processes.
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