Cork woman hopes chronic pain diary can give solace to sufferers falling down rabbit hole of pain

An art trail exhibited through the windows of 15 Cork city businesses is marking Chronic Pain awareness month, which takes place throughout September. Cork artist Ciara Chapman, who has suffered with chronic pain since a debilitating fall in 2015, created the art trail as a way for everyone, even those with mobility issues, to experience art in the streets. An exhibition will also run in Cork Printmakers from Sunday

One of the works from Ciara Chapman's chronic pain diary. Picture: Ciara Chapman

When Ciara Chapman slipped down the stairs at home one day, her life suddenly changed almost as drastically as Alice’s did when she tumbled down the rabbit hole.

Seconds before the fall, everything was as it ‘should’ be. Newly married with a good job, she was 32 with an active, happy life, and she had just saved a deposit to buy her first house.