What I see in dementia peer groups is not the loss of intelligence, but its transformation. Ideas move between people—shifting, softening, connecting—until what no one could solve alone becomes something we can carry together. This painting of a circle is not about completeness, but about relationship: an intelligence made not of certainty, but of shared, adaptive, and deeply human ways of knowing.
After nearly three years away from blogging, Truthful Loving Kindness has resumed writing due to a regained access to blog administration. Despite cognitive decline, the blog has garnered significant views. Improvements in personal health and ongoing construction projects are highlighted, along with a focus on maintaining hope while managing dementia.
These are the current tools i am using to stretch my artistic abilities a bit longer – despite increasing tremor.
So starting a new project — Posters
Tru here. i know it has been too long since i last wrote, but lately most tasks are just not “sticking” to have any productive effort. That means communication with my husband is haywire, but it also means un-productive writing about the complications and strategies for those haywire communications. Past couple weeks arts and crafts […]
Get your motivator charged for camera, other Arts, and other Crafts , my friends …
These are things that were applicable for ME this year, so it is possible they might be helpful for someone else.)
Another friend is gone; Misty Stenslie Claassen was 43 years old.
“Music is Connection (despite dementia symptoms): to myself, to others, and to the unseen rhythms connecting each living entity.”
These are newest pages that I have posted from persons with dementia symptoms who have shared their lived experience thru words or projects.
(I add the word “symptoms” because not everyone uses the same vocabulary; my collections include pages from those with diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment as well as Alzheimers, Lewy Body, Vascular and other types of “dementia”)
I thank each of you for your generosity of letting the public into your private world ! My hope is that your perspectives can be applied to help and encourage
other patients, care-partners, and professionals.
