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There may be other circumstances where pain arises because a new experience explainis the sharing it to children of experiences. as they grow This can to learndiminish about the pain. awful and overcomebehavioural much differences of it – of just all kinds.as one tries to awakens the memory of past trauma. The area of memory is critical to the artist who is nervously attempting to keep Thesense importance of isolation of brought pain conferences/seminars/workshops on by pain. explainLiving with it to pain, children stepping as they on fromgrow encounteringto learn about pain, pain. traces of her body while at the same time considering the perception of collective memory. The body experiences a isEncouraging the sharing feelings of experiences. of identity This with can others, diminish and the then awful the ability Theis unique importance to each of individual. pain conferences/seminars/workshops If people can understand what crisis as it is intimidated by the possibility of forgetting. Memory has an important part to play as an essential perception senseand courage of isolation to discuss brought and on explore by pain. ways of reducing pain in iscauses the sharing it in its ofdifferent experiences. forms, This it should can diminish be possible the awfulto endure of one’s wellbeing, something that has often been lost when pain is experienced. Pain is closely associated with Encouragingso many forms. feelings of identity with others, and then the ability senseand overcome of isolation much brought of it on– justby pain. as one tries to uncertainty and this is difficult to consider. The positive thing is that on stage there is no place for that uncertainty. It is and courage to discuss and explore ways of reducing pain in Figure 0.1 Compilation of images and texts fromEncouragingexplain ‘Encountering it to childrenfeelings Pain’ ofas identitythey conference grow with to others, learn delegates. about and then pain. Wethe abilityare possible that art will enable us to convey that feeling again, operating through personification as a means of awakening Theso many importance forms. of pain conferences/seminars/workshops grateful to Veronica Brinton, Malgorzata Dawidek,and Connie courage Di, to Wendydiscuss and French, explore Ben ways J. of Hartley, reducing Andrewpain in memory. Pain can often result in bodily fragmentation so that a person in pain has a body that is essentially fragmented. is the sharing of experiences. This can diminish the awful Lucas, Susanne Main, Elena Manea, Rebecca Pardo,so many Clare forms. Plumley, Maiada Salfiti, Anna Sexton, Joan Yet choosing to present and show this inner fragmentation mostly motivates and then empowers me as an artist. sense of isolation brought on by pain. Simons, Erin Solomons, Virna Teixeira and Timothy Wainwright, all of whom contributed an image or Encouraging feelings of identity with others, and then the ability text for this compilation and the one at the end of the book (Fig. 25.2) and courage to discuss and explore ways of reducing pain in so many forms. PADFIELD PRINT.indd 2-3 25/01/21 7:10 PM EthicsCanada and in the FrameAesthetics ofEncounteringCopyright, Translation Collections Pain and the Image of Canada, 1895– 1924 Exploring the Work of Atxaga, Kundera and Semprún Hearing, seeing, speaking HarrietEditedPhilip J. Hatfieldby Hulme Deborah Padfield and Joanna M. Zakrzewska PADFIELD PRINT.indd 4-5 25/01/21 7:10 PM 00-UCL_ETHICS&AESTHETICS_i-278.indd9781787353008_Canada-in-the-Frame_pi-208.indd 3 3 11-Jun-1819/10/2018 4:56:18 09:50PM This book is dedicated to the memory of Professor Lisa Jardine, whose insight and support enabled this work to be done and to all people living with pain: past, present and future. First published in 2021 by UCL Press University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT Available to download free: www.uclpress.co.uk Collection © Editors, 2021 Text © Contributors, 2021 Images © Contributors and copyright holders named in captions, 2021 The authors have asserted their rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the authors of this work. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from The British Library. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). 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