This is a poem. It started when I was reading this book in the bath called “Scripts People Live” by Claude Steiner, it is a book on the subject of Transactional Analysis. It is very interesting to think about why we behave the way we do and why we make the choices we make, and I have been reading a lot on this subject and it has been informing a lot of my poetry and abstract drawing.
There are lots of people in lots of difficult situations, bad relationships, jobs they hate, drink and drug problems, depression etc, some people don’t think they’re good enough for love, or they don’t deserve to be happy, or maybe they have become comfortable in their situations because thats how they’ve learned to live and its more safe than making a change. Basically these are “Not OK” positions… Either they feel “Not OK” or that other people that are “Not OK” or both!
I was feeling a bit down, so as I read I started to think “It’s OK to love, it’s OK to be happy…” I laughed! Then I started to say them out loud. It felt really good! I was giving myself permission to get what I want!! So, I wrote them down and riffed out a drawing on the subject and relating to stuff I have been thinking about recently…That it’s Okay to get what you want, Okay to be happy and Okay to love.
These are the scans of the work, the photos of the booklet are in my Zineography page on this blog…
Love all round
DAP
xxx
illustrated-self 
I really like the way the linework varies in the drawing. It looks great! I also like the way that it folds. Can’t wait to see it!
its ok to… walk away, to share, to accept…yessss i often feel too bad and don’t feel it’s ok…but you’re right…it’s ok!