Chest Heart and Stroke support groups, Bangor
Title of Work: Festive soundtrack to my life
Facilitating Artist: Karen Diamond
The Festive soundtrack to my life’s road trip - reflections and memories associated with Christmas music - Music plays a huge part in all our lives and there are many songs and pieces of music which we identify with various landmark times during our life’s road trip. For participants who are living with life limiting respiratory conditions or the impact of a stroke or heart attack reflecting on quality of life following such events is very salient to the theme of this year’s festival. Through the sessions we explored with participants what music has been important to each of them and why.
Chest Heart and Stroke support groups, NEWTOWNARDS
Title of Work: Soundtrack to my Life’s Roadtrip
Facilitating Artist: Karen Diamond
The soundtrack to my life’s road trip - music from across the lifetime which reflects the many memories and music which has helped with some of the loss experienced as a result of stroke, cardiac condition or respiratory problem. - Participants reflected on songs which brought back memories on their life’s Roadtrip. Some were songs which had distinct associations with people or events in their live while others chose songs which they felt reflected on their lives and their own personal roadtrip. Comments included:
This song sums up Life’s Roadtrip for me
• Isle of Innisfree when people used to call me a dreamer in school but there was no harm in dreaming. I went on to design things, so I needed to be able to dream to create!
• I dreamed a dream– looking back you sometimes wish you had done more when you were young, and you thought you would be in a young body forever – now the mind is still young but the body a lot slower!
