Vulnerability Hangovers Need Not Stop Us from Speaking Up
When did you last experience a vulnerability hangover for speaking up about something? You know, that hot feeling of shame coursing through your head, chest and gut after you were yourself with someone about an important and personal issue that’s difficult to say. I’ve had a vulnerability hangover for two weeks. That’s a long time! […]
On Bohm’s Creativity and Wholeness
As I engage in my creative practice as an emerging artist and as someone who knows madness, I ask myself: What drives me? What is creativity all about? A book on my shelf promises insight. Titled On Creativity, author David Bohm is the late science theorist and avid lover of the arts. By page three […]
Speak To Me
When will my writing speak? The head is a haven for thoughts to swell and break at the shore. Storms may crash about, but the tide is always at push and pull beneath. I turn in the current and cling to seaweed and salt. The grit in my eye is washed away as I tumble. […]
At Home in The Pandemic on a Raft
Written March 2020 Are you at home with the pandemic? I am sitting at home during lockdown writing about my experiences with madness, and the crisis of this pandemic feels familiar to me. My psychoses have helped me feel prepared for the pandemic. For those of us who have had to face psychological crises already, […]
Swallowed by the sun
I stand at the crossroads. I am in sodden ground. I cannot be shifted to fertile soil. The decay has set in. How does a man marry such sunken existence? How does he care about this life not lived? A star-studded bead rests upon my wilted leaf. If they fell in torrents I would topple […]