I have lived with chronic back pain for over 20 years. My experience has shown me that my relationship to pain can resonate with what it means to relate with wider ecological pain. I reflect on Pain and I—my autobiographical dance performance that explores the rich complexities of chronic pain and asks “what can pain teach us”? I explore what chronic pain experience can reveal about having a process with pain and staying “with the trouble” of our “wounded Earth.” I draw on autoethnographic poetry, performance text, pain theory, and ecological philosophy.

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慢性疼痛表现和知识：迈向生态疼痛的过程

我患有慢性背痛已有 20 多年了。我的经验告诉我，我与痛苦的关系可以与更广泛的生态痛苦产生共鸣。我反思了《痛苦与我》——我的自传体舞蹈表演，探讨了慢性疼痛的丰富复杂性，并询问“疼痛能教会我们什么”？我探索了慢性疼痛经历可以揭示什么关于经历疼痛的过程以及与我们“受伤的地球”的“麻烦”在一起。我借鉴了自民族志诗歌、表演文本、疼痛理论和生态哲学。