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Illography Week Four, the ME Debate week.

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Yvie Johnson is an illustrator, book cover designer, and writer working on a memoir, a historical fiction novel and illustrated short stories. Yvie lives with Bipolar Disorder and ME, and is supported by her partner, three children and puppy in the Welsh countryside.

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A work in progress. Turning memories into portraits, in a way it's reviving, remembering, respecting the lives we've lived as they've gone by. This portrait is a different woman to the one around today. She's already lived many lives in one, you could say. I haven't asked her what she was thinking about in this memory, what was going on. I might have been around, or still a twinkle. I wonder what else was going on around the world at the same time. It's a portrait of my beautiful mama from one of her early 1980s memory days. She's always quick to tell me she made that dress. How fashion comes back around ceases to amuse me; this look will probably be gracing the shoulders of someone walking around New York, or perhaps London. We used to call them her 'Deirdre glasses' because of the resemblance to the character in Coronation Street. Now her glasses are a fraction of the size, but these originals will always be the look I'll remember her for. I owe so much to her, not just for bringing me into the world, caring for me with so much love and good humour, but for her continuing support well after I flew the nest. She got herself to Land's End to make sure I had someone to greet me at the finish line of that epic run. She doesn't drive so it was an adventure in itself to get there. Now she comes to visit me every other week, cleaning a bit, making me drinks or food if I can eat, bringing a little treat for the kids, tirelessly caring and loving, selfless and gentle. I should be caring for her. I am truly blessed with a mother who will always do her best for her seven children (and now her pup). I hope to catch more of her memories in this way. 🌹

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Exposure: be body kind
The measure of a person
The other me that I know
Running with Bipolar: go your own way

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