Carol Lyons
Shampoo Lady II (Nude) Click to see larger image
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Carol Lyons entry written statement:
When I was diagnosed with breast
cancer in 1997,
I was, like millions
of women,
shocked and numb.
It was the day after I had the surgical biopsy
that I decided to do
something very upbeat and "Carolistic".
I went to buy a new pair of
shoes. There was a small bandage over a section of the breast. As I
was
bending down I was thinking to myself, "I hope nothing falls
out."
After a lumpectomy, removal of 14 lymph nodes (all clear),
and weeks of
radiation, it was
time to continue my art. Because of the change
in my life, I wanted to
try something
entirely different, a new direction from my 35-year watercolor
career.
Woodblock printing was what I embarked on. Since 1998
it has been my
daily
satisfying compulsion, when I forget all other cares
and am entirely
engrossed in the work
at hand.
The idea of Survivor Shampoo Lady bending
down reminded me, not only of
the
shoe-buying experience, but has much to say about my attitude
and journey
as a survivor: "Go for it!"
Carol Lyons Irvington, New York USA
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