Yeah! My friend, artist Connie DK Lane, is having another show (here's an installation she did to honor lives lost to COVID-19 here, this was an earlier show -- and this is another I performed in). Please join us. Below are her official info and description... "Connie DK Lane’s work is born of her emigration… Continue reading Video: Me in Connie DK Lane’s Linear Amplitude art installation→
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I’m letting my heart spill out through my keyboard… metaphorically, of course, and I’m offering it all to you. Today, I’m going to talk about my mental health. This is something that I’ve worked to conceal for a long time, mostly because of the negative stigma attached to mental illness. I’m sharing for two main reasons; (1) to educate people, and (2) to show people like me that they are not alone.
For the record: I’m living with Bipolar Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder… In this post I’m sharing 10 “harmless things” that people have said to me that actually cause me a great deal of pain. I’m also sharing how they make me feel, and why, while giving you an inside look at my life.
So, these are the things I wish you wouldn’t say to me;
“You don’t look like you have a mental illness.” More commonly stated as…
Listening requires attention and openness. Poet Ana Daksina reminds us how silence allows us to hear the beating of our own hearts…
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Happiness Between Tails by da-AL 