Ultimately, our idea is to suture together pieces from the stroke community and release it as a weekly podcast on Spotify, a creative outlet that doesnāt, necessarily, have to be about stroke but created by survivors, carers and friends. @Bobbi is at the helm recording and editing. The recording is done over Zoom but no video is needed. It is fine to submit a piece of writing or read a piece out. It doesnāt have to be lengthy, it could be a sketch or poem, prose or stream of consciousness. It could even be a short interview or piece of music. If the contributor wants to record it themselves and submit that, then that is okay too. At this stage it is all organic to see if it has legs.
Anyone who is interested in being a part of it can get in touch with @Bobbi or myself.
This is amazing, this reminds me so much of my childhood listening to the 70ās /80ās audio books which were cassettes loaded into a big box for the class to listen to at school. As a dyslexic kid allowed me to join the world of escapism from the inside.
Each of you should be proud and this shows how creative we can be after stroke, I donāt have creative enough talent to add but get such an amazing buzz as a listener. Thank you.
Letās see if I can get creative here. Iāll start in classic style.
Today, as I was sitting drinking my cup of tea, looking out of the window, I suddenly started thinking about stroke. Why stroke? Dunno, itās just something that came to my head. I found myself asking, what exactly is a stroke? And then I found myself answering, well ā¦
A stroke is actually many things to many people.
A stroke can be a blow - hitting someone or somethink - thatās blow you strike, or itās a stroke
A stroke on the golf course is unit of scoring - the number of times a player hits the ball with a club. It is also a form of golf: stroke play vs match play
A stroke is also a sound made by a striking clock or the speaking clock: On the third stroke, the time will be 10:05 precisely.
A stroke is a mark made by a pen, pencil or an artistās paintbrush
A stroke could be a series of movements - stroking a cat, very relaxing for both cat and person stroking the cat
A style of swimming such as the breast stroke, or the act of swimming where you swim a few strokes
An act of moving an oar in rowing - thatās a stroke
And then of course, thereās the a sudden disabling attack or loss of consciousness caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain, especially through thrombosis. Now that is a stroke!!
How about the stroke in phrases, which one is your favourite?
At a stroke
Did not do a stroke of work
On the stroke of ā¦
Put someone off their stroke
A stroke of business
A stroke of genius
A stroke of luck
So there you have it my friends, a stroke can indeed be many things to many people.
Pleased to be able to help with the video. There a story behind that too but untold until now.
Life is generally very good for me now 4 Ā½ years lost stroke. I am currently part way through my next big challenge - Jury Service
In reality, all is well, taking time to decompress each evening, just had a ānon thinkingā weekend of little odd jobs etc. and back to the court today.
The video is from part of my short train journey from home to where the court is. I have another video to sort for the next creative collection the guys put together, watch this spaceā¦ā¦
Hi @ManjiB - how about āStroke the dogā, but not actually performing the act of stroking the dog, it could be his name, i.e, āCome here, Stroke, you good boy/girlā¦ā
I think youāve got everyoneās brain on warp factor 10;-)
Hello Bert - I had not heard of Stroke the dog. Thanks for letting me know. I had heard of Spit the dog, and by that I donāt mean spitting out the dog
When stroking the dog, you should be careful you donāt get fat finger syndrome and end up striking the dog (can be done so easily with the i next to the o on the keyboard).
Semantically, strike would have been closer to the original word, apoplexy. I agree that apoplexy had to go, it would have been difficult for people to say, let alone for stroke survivors to say. In many ways, strike has more appropriate similes like the brain going on strike, it also has more intuitive tense; I have had a strike, I have been struck, I am stricken.
