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You will fly but first you will struggle for life

“Penguins in the Blizzard”. Google Images.

“Every Day, alone in front of the other pensioners of Anorexia rescue center, deep in the most pitiless group of anorexic persons, a truly remarkable journey will take place.”

- That would be the Treatment to recover in Akan’s Tower, announced Syndra Raynaud, the “Right Hand Woman” of Akan.

- “Because for you, guys, anorexic winners, life is like that, harsh and inhospitable”, added inconspicuously, the shy Ragdoll.

Each of you will be a survivor, and will have to deal with eating-disorder, staying alive.

Every pensioner in rescue center, will abandon the deep sweet security of its bedroom and clamber onto the commune area to begin its long struggle against anorexia: a such desolate land, a region so bleak, so extreme, it support no other life.

- “The greatest fear you have, the fear to live, the fear to loose control, the fear to eat, the fear to breathe, you will beat it”.

Said Blythe Somat, the hemiplegic flower doll, who was in charge of anorexic patients suffering from Asperger Syndrom as well.

- “So you will play a game, all together”.

- The game inspired by “The Emperor’s Journey”.

 

1972: Survivors found 10 weeks after plane crash in the Argentine Andes. Google Images.

(Four days after the rescue, a Santiago paper alleged that the survivors became cannibals to ward off starvation.
The group confirmed that they ate human flesh at a press conference two days later.)

 

You will have to accomplish tests of extreme endurance, during which you will have to rely on the united anorexic members of the group, their physical warmth, their spiritual presence, their embodied soul, their disembodied body.

You will share body heat to conserve energy and protect the “protégé” you will have to care about constantly.

You will realize you cannot hate the other anorexic persons, as you did before; because you were scared about their special regard and knowledge of anorexia secrets.

Only Love and solidarity will help to struggle for life.

 

“Child survivors dressed in clothes made from German uniforms”
(One of the youngest survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp, shown in the center of the photograph above, was four-year-old Josef Schleifstein.The Communist prisoners, who were in charge of the day-to-day administration of the camp, made sure that the children were well cared for. Note the adult man in the back row wearing a beret to identify himself as a Communist.)

You won’t have food during the periods of survival in the course of which you will have to completely deny yourself and to think only of your “protégé”: the small infant who will be entrusted to each of you, from today, from now.

This Baby is you when you where a newborn, just before anorexia,  before lack of love and good care of your mother.

So you will be in charge of yourself, as a baby and in the same time, as an adult.

It will lead to you to a point of survival self-experiment.

At this point you will have to choose to live or to die.

Alice Odilon. 17/07/2011

 ”The Penguins chicks survivors in the Blizzard”/ Ref: “The Emperor’s Journey”.

And the anorexic winners are…!

On 14 of April 1991, candidates had been selected by the Akan’s Team Jury and time has gone to give their name and identity.

Then, the best European anorexic candidates were revealed at a sold out ceremony which took place at Anta-city in the Flyinglands, on this opening night of the  24/24 Anorexia night, edition of Akan’s Company.

It was 22:42 pm and everybody was exhausted and hungry.

-  More than 333332 votes were cast by fans to decide the winners in the Worst Anorexia category.

- Best Medium-sized anorexic winner: Avatan Nihili, the 23 kg teen girl who was nearly 1,75m and only 15 of age, but was brilliant at school and very shy.

- Best Small weight winner: Asael Rienick, with her 1,62 m and her 21 kg, who had been working as a self-employed “Tightrope sleepwalker” for 4 years, without harming her frail nimble disembodied body.

 

“Self-Portrait” The Tightrope sleepwalker. Alice Odilon 2010. Copyrights

 

- Best New Anorexic winner: Hyppolyte H,  was an ex-obese young cook, who had been starving for two years as Chief cook of Three stars Michelin restaurant, after discovering his true dream to become a trapeze artist.


Pictures of flying trapeze artists at the peak moment of the grab. 

- Best Indoor fast girl: NatNat the ghostly weight-watcher coach who was definitely to weak to coach anybody dieting, but has been previously awarded as the fastest losing weight candidate in UK, that means losing 35 kg in 2 months.

- Best European Anorexic Line-up: Whiteswimm  the pale and pinky dressed ballerina, who was vomiting every meal, even the most frugal one.

“Akoya Ballet Dancer”. Alice Odilon 2007. Copyrights.

- Best Newcomer: Reine Frung: the ex-psychiatrist fallen in storm of anorexia addiction, after being involved in a special unit “Beating eating-disorder” in NHS.

- Best Headliner: Andrée Solange J. : mother of five,  hard worker house wife managing in plus a cleaning company with 7 employees.

- Best Oversplit Ballistic Stretched Anorexic contortionist Tige Ald, who was able to practice super-split equally on both legs without any injuries and with a lot of enthusiasm.

“Happy Contortionist”. Google Images

 

- Best Anorexic Runner: Aza Wakh performing Paris Marathon in only 2 hours and 28 mn.

 

“Self-Portrait” Anorexic Run. Alice Odilon Copyrights 2010

- Best Anorexic dancer: Ana Cunningham, who was the twin of Merce Cunningham, the Master of Choregraphy.

 

“Merce Cunningham”. Google Image.

Finally only 10 candidates have been selected.

Akan’s Team had considered how huge their task was to care of these 10 special persons and decided to close the competition with that, in order to manage these 10 anorexic characters, the best they could.

Alice Odilon. 7/7/2011. All right reserved.

 

The Team of Akan’s Tower/trained in the most relevant methods of addiction treatment

If you remember about Akan’s friends, you could easily recognize, standing in front of the entry of A-Tower:

- “Betsy Mac Call”: the American Paper Doll living on the 16th floor; the special one who was listening and consoling anorexic person in special need.

 

 

Betsy  Mac Call. Alice Odilon Copyrights

 

- “Blythe Somat”: the Hemiplegic Flower Doll on the second floor.

 

Blythe Somat and Betsy Mac Call. Alice Odilon Copyrights.

- The Androgynous Doll “Isee” who has been involved recently in Akan’s Tower.

The androgynous doll “Isee”, whom leitmotiv was:”My body behind my eyes”. Alice Odilon Self-portraits. 1984. All rights reserved.

- “Syndra Raynaud”, the Amputated Hand, always smoking cannabis during the long sessions of therapeutic relaxation.

The hemiplegic Hand Syndra Raynaud. Alice Odilon. copyrights

 

- “Isabelle Caro’s soul” as an audit and a Art Teacher in Akan’s Tower.

Isabelle Caro painting.

 

- “Whouh”, the Wolf Masked Doll, a leader in energy therapy.

“Whouh” the Wolf masked doll and “Weacky”, the shy Ragdoll cat.

 

- “Weaky” the Ragdoll cat, the inseparable friend of Whouh.

- “Mova” the running avatar taking care of bringing prescriptions as soon as possible in every flat of the 4 flours Rehab center.

- “Allegraka” the unfinished avatar, with a changing head and thin waist, the flying teacher.

Yes the “FLYING” teacher, the best thing in treatment, allowed to patients having done efforts to struggle and discover themselves.

 

In final, the complete team counted 10 members, Akan included and was ready to begin the A-Casting.

Alice ODILON 2011 27/06. all rights reserved.

 

Rehab Tower Clinic/Anorexia addiction treatments/in Akaland

I don’t know what happened in Akan’s mind, because one day, she woke up very strong and sure she had a rule to accomplish.

Probably it was her anorexia getting worse every day.

I didn’t dare to talk to her about that, as I thought, it was late in life, and I’ve understood she had become to believe she got a mission on earth.

One day she came to me and informed me: “There was no better place to begin an anorexia addiction treatment than in Akan’s Tower.”

With over 25 years of fighting anorexia on her own, Akan had found the strength to help others anorexic persons to recover from the challenges of addiction and other autistic disorders.

Akan’s tower provided an unparallelled range of services delivered by the “Tenants Team”, the passionate and complete team of Akan’s Friends.

Treatment offered at Akan’s Tower Clinic didn’t only address eating disorders but also Asperger Syndrom among others.

 

Whether you needed to seek addiction treatment for yourself or a loved one, you would find that Akan’s Team offered a peaceful setting that was solidarity oriented.

With its 4 floors dedicated to anorexia treatment, open 24/7, Akan’s Tower seemed to be the best immediate assistance.

Rehab Tower Clinic provided residential primary treatment, secondary care, detox, interventions, counselling and aftercare as well as a dedicated hurt and unfortunate persons and runaway rescue program.

Fact: there was no brochure for fees at Akan’s Tower clinic, as it was free for people in anorexic crisis.

Places were counted, of course, but with its 24 bedrooms and its 5 lounges, 5 kitchen, 24 bathrooms, Akan’s clinic offered a chance to get away from the distractions and triggers in every day life and allowed one to recuperate and focus on getting better.

First step was admission.

And in crisis situation anorexic persons needed immediate admission, as danger of death could be imminent.

The Rehab Tower Clinic opening ceremony took place on 14 of April 1991.

Akan had advertised in newspapers and talked on TV special disorders program.

That was it, she and her precious team were ready to welcome the deadliest and weakest anorexic person.

Only 24 places.

 

Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (LISBOA). (la file d’attente pour le casting devant Akan.

 

Akan and her special members (the Tenants team)  had voted to choose the worst figures which would be able to come for selection and discretely favor the most freakish anorexic cases.

It was not a question of social backgrounds; candidates would be chosen on anonymous basis.

Young girls and women were queuing along the main avenue in town center from airport to Akan’s tower and from train station to A. Tower.

Even lost runaway hurt anorexic street workers came from nowhere to find a bed and cuddles in Rehab Tower clinic.


“Akan distribuant ses points aux candidates du casting”.

 

And it made you sick to see dying starving girls collapsing on the pavement without help of anybody, as everybody was dying in this queue of ghosts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Museu Calouste Gulbenkian. (La queue pour le paradis)

 

Alice Odilon. 16 of  june 2011.

 

Trouver sa Place/Finding Home

Je n’ai jamais trouvé cette place où je serais en sécurité, apaisée.

 

“Self-Portrait-Les Rêveries de l’anorexique solitaire”. 2007 Copyright Alice Odilon.


La tour de Akan n’est finalement qu’un vaste château de cartes où des figures fragiles campent jusqu’au souffle du premier courant d’air.

Chaque appartement correspond à un état d’être de Akan, parfois réconfortant, parfois dangereusement effrayant.

Le jeu consiste à garder une chaise pour soi; parfois cette chaise est un siège de WC où l’on est attachée.

Et la grande épreuve consiste à croire en soi.

Et faire croire à sa “normalité” pour pouvoir être accepter par les autres.

Akan n’a pas atteint cette carte du repos qui la hante et la tient en alerte d’un espoir piège, leurre du lendemain meilleur.

- Qui est Akan?

- Akan, c’est moi.

Je regarde, je ne fixe pas, je vais toujours au-delà, la direction et l’objet de mon regard sont indéfinissables.

Une seule fois dans ma vie, je me suis constituée des repères.

-  à Paris – , le seul endroit où je me sens chez moi, et, ces repères sont uniques.

Ailleurs je suis perdue, comme privée de mon corps.


“Self-Portrait. Lutèce et la caravane”. Copyright Alice Odilon 2011. Tous droits réservés.


Je ne suis qu’un être sans repos, cherchant sans fin l’arrangement possible entre son corps et le décor, le lointain, le rideau et la peau de sa mère.

Il ne s’agit pas d’un élan artistique; ma quête photographique prend l’ampleur d’une investigation depuis mon enfance, sans apaisement.

Mon anorexie est un autisme déguisé m’empêchant d’avoir confiance et me permettant de survivre parmi les autres.

Le doute envoûte toute ma perception.


“Self-Portrait” Anorexic paper Doll Betsy Mac Call in cemetery garden”. 2010. Copyright Alice Odilon.


je devine maintenant la source de mon Amour infini pour la Peinture, l’image photographique, les dessins, la représention de la vie.

Dans la représentation, se donne le sens, l’ordre choisi des choses essentielles; le jeu est donné, tu n’as qu’à entrer dans ce jeu.

Mais dans la vraie vie, l’ordre des choses est glissant, faux, insaisissable et tu ne fais pas forcément partie du jeu.

Le vide est partout, les mensonges, le néant se cache derrière les moments de calme.

Les autres ne t’offrent pas d’espace, tu dois le prendre, tu dois mordre pour être respectée et cela me dégoûte.

Je sais pourquoi Bonnard demeure mon peintre préféré, l’indépendant, l’envôuté, le visionnaire secret et silencieux.

Sa peinture est l’expérience d’un état modifié de conscience, expérience de l’unité.

Bonnard fait parti d’un Tout qui est son monde.

Il n’a pas besoin d’autre chose.

L’expérience suffit.


“La Baignoire”. Pierre Bonnard.

La peinture “La Baignoire” apporte l’enveloppe d’apaisement, une expérience forte du corps nu dans l’eau et l’espace fusionnant.
{Dans les philosophies ou religions tendant à l’éveil spirituel (Zen, Vedanta, etc.), on trouve fréquemment la comparaison entre l’océan (l’univers) et la vague (l’individu), le sentiment océanique correspondant à une prise de conscience non-duale de la nature de l’Être :

Au-dessous du monde des perceptions sensorielles et de l’activité mentale, il y a l’immensité de l’être.

Il y a une vaste étendue, une vaste immobilité, et une petite activité frémissante à la surface, qui n’est pas séparée, tout comme les vagues ne sont pas séparées de l’océan[3]. (Eckhart Tolle)}

L’espace dans la peinture de Bonnnard fusionne avec la lumière, les couleurs.

Les personnages font partie d’un tout qui est une hallucination d’harmonie permanente, la couleur féconde l’air et l’espace s’assouplit dans des ondulations chaudes et froides.

Bonnard est un éclairé,  pas un homme de pouvoir.

Son parti pris révèle son point de vue, sa position discrète et silencieuse, son émerveillement devant la splendeur des choses intimes.

C’est dans les tableaux de Bonnard que j’ai trouvé un monde possible.

Dans les livres de Kafka, j’ai trouvé une vérité, dans les écrits de Mary Rhode concernant l’anorexie et l’autisme, j’ai trouvé une clarté magnifique.

De recherche en découverte, j’ai pu continuer mon art que je croyais fou, mais qui est honnête et vrai.

Alice Odilon Avril 2011. www.aliceodilon.com.

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