Bøger af Villayat "SnowMoon Wolf" Sunkmanitu

My exhibition 'Living with PTSD' has taken six yearsto plan and put together. It couldn't have happenedwithout support from the Arts Council and the National Lottery. This book is an accompanimentto the rolling exhibition, offering further insight andshared experiences.From my own perspective, it's an important pieceof work because it shines a light into a muchmisunderstood condition.People living with PTSD and related mental healthconditions are often misunderstood, subjected tostigma, discriminated against and ostracised.In the case of Veterans, they're often people thathave survived traumatic incidents, having riskedtheir lives to do their duty - only to come home toshattered lives and a society that is, at best,misinformed of their plight.Wolf Photography is a 'Not-For-Profit' therapeuticwork project. For more details please visitwww.wolf-photography.com.

Words of a Wolf - Poetry of a Veteran is an eclectic collection of poetry exploring a Veteran's experience of living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It provides an insight few will have seen to date. The book also contains photographs. It's the first title in the Poetry of a Veteran trilogy.

"Raw emotions pour from Wolf's pen. His poetry moves me to anger, it makes me sad and it makes me bitter about the injustice that he and other veterans face. But the fact that he can bare his soul in this creative manner is genuinely uplifting. Stirring stuff."Lynette Pinchess - Nottingham Post - May 2013Soul of a Wolf completes the eclectic Poetry of a Veterantrilogy, as the author shares some of his feelings about the constant struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, his views on life and how it affects him on a daily level. The poems portray the betrayal of Veterans by the System, alongside moments of hope, connections with nature and some romance with a sprinkling of humour. There's something for everyone within these pages.He also touches on issues of racism, religious andcultural tolerance and prompts us to examine the issuesaffecting our socities for ourselves.Derek ThompsonWolf Photography and SnowMoon Wolf are Not-For-Profit companies. Their aims are to raise awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), educate on Intellectual Property issues and promote creative arts as a coping mechanism for disability.

'The Way of the Wolf' continues the journey started with 'Words of a Wolf'. This eclectic collection of poetry explores a Veteran's experience of living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and touches on the difficult subject of racism experienced in the British Armed Forces and Metropolitan Police in the 1980s, as well as more positive and uplifting moments. It continues to provide an insight few will have seen to date.This title is part of a larger project that I am running, the aim of which is to continue raising awareness of how PTSD affects Veterans and their families, to promote creativity as a way of coping with PTSD and to educate disabled artists on their Intellectual Property rights and help them to safeguard their work on the internet. Income generated from the book will allow me to continue my therapeutic work and go towards funding an exhibition of photography and poetry with the same aims. If there are any profits, a percentage will go to the Occupational Therapy units of Combat Stress to provide materials to enable Veterans to do some form of Creative Therapy.Reviews:Fraught with emotion from a troubled soul but one with a powerful gift for the written word. An incredibly moving collection of poems. Some sombre, some angry but there are positive uplifting moments too.Lynette PinchessNottingham PostTrauma shatters basic assumptions about life and can leave individuals feeling disconnected and alone. Many veterans bottle-up their feelings and put on a coping mask so that those around have no idea what inner torment they are going through. In this moving collection of work, Wolf transforms feelings, sensations, questions and experiences around veterans' PTSD into a narrative that others can connect with. He shines a light into areas that are often hidden or ignored and confronts and challenges the unacceptable. Wolf demonstrates how creative thinking and actions can assist recovery. The varied tempo of the work balances humour, love poetry and sharp observation with open and honest personal disclosure. Jan LobbanTrauma TherapistCombat Stress