Trauma & Art

If something ever happens to me

Article 7:

All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination

Article 8:

Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=grk

Article 23:

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work…….

http://www.humanrights.com/el/what-are-human-rights/universal-declaration-of-human-rights/articles-21-30.html

Exploration and expression of similar themes in artwork across time

Title: Traumatic learning and health (part of unfinished artwork – July, 2014)

Wherever family separation practices have been used, there has been involvement of many parties and gain.

At some point during the journey I was deprived of something I had attained, and for which, I had worked really hard, because I was thinking of creating another book. A lot of what I would have included in that book, artwork and texts, are posted here daily and weekly. It is my answer and my battle for my inherent rights to dignity, freedom and life.

Tonya Alexandri, October 2015, Greece