In March, my new book Believe Me – Mental Health & Addiction Stories Imagined Lived Analyzed will come out. A woman has a conversation with a bowl of ramen, and writes a poem about it. Another woman reads it and muses about her own problems with food, and how they were accompanied with… Continue reading Believe Me – My new book about mental health and addiction
Category: creativity: poetry, art, etc.
Written By The Land
How does land communicate? The stream that tumbles down to the lake brings minerals and leaves and little water creatures and oxygen and so many other things, and each of them carry information. In this video, Lana Cullis invited me to explore with her and others how writers can be written by the land (instead of… Continue reading Written By The Land
Awoken From Slumber
This blog has been kissed awake by the lovely Sophia Kelly from TailoredTech! Started in 2006, this blog hasn’t had a post for ten years but I’m eager to start anew. So much has changed. In small ways, you’ll notice a change of name – from Change Therapy to HaikuTherapy, and a change from my… Continue reading Awoken From Slumber
9 keys to achieving your artistic goals? no! way more!
eric maisel’s new book making your creative mark promises nine keys to achieving your artistic goals. that’s a lie. the book literally chimes and jingles with keys. the last eleven pages alone has 99 of them, for example these 10: one of the best ways to help yourself create every day is to craft a starting… Continue reading 9 keys to achieving your artistic goals? no! way more!
tarot for beauty
tarot cards have interested me for quite a few years. i started playing around with using them for getting insight into situations back in 2005 but could never really get into it. i got some books and a few decks, but just like arthur rosengarten says in his fabulous book about tarot and psychology, like… Continue reading tarot for beauty
oh! it’s poetry month!
abrakadabra into this evening, this evening of mist and silvery-grey clouds abrakadabra flies the crow, the big, big, crow, can you see it – ? no you can’t, it’s made of stuff you can’t touch but it’s there, can you feel it – ? aaah, yes, abrakadabra the evening crow with its big wings, and… Continue reading oh! it’s poetry month!
“invisible driving”: a memoir of mania and depression
here, finally, is a review long promised, of alister mcharg’s extraordinary memoir, invisible driving. this book, says alistair, reads with the urgency of a novel. my work delivers a wild and hilarious thrill ride through the misunderstood, phantasmagorical world of manic depression, providing both a visceral sense of the experience and a thoughtful context for… Continue reading “invisible driving”: a memoir of mania and depression
another novel excerpt: the birthday
if you’re wondering why i hardly blog these days, it’s because i’m pretty serious about finishing my novel by the end of the year. it’s a long labour of love but i know it’ll get done! here is another excerpt. it’s the plantation owner’s daughter’s 9th birthday, a huge party. her name it elise. the… Continue reading another novel excerpt: the birthday
on god’s sweet leash
i breathe god in and breathe god out eat god and shit god drink god, piss god, taste god, smell god, sweat god, hear god see only god god weaves through me and whispers me god boils my blood and cools my voice my walk is god’s, my hands are his, my eyes are hers,… Continue reading on god’s sweet leash
creativity and mental health – a twitter chat
today i had the honour of moderating the weekly mental health and social media chat (“#mhsm”) on twitter. these are always such interesting conversations! our topic today was “creativity and the arts”. here is a slightly abridged transcript: moritherapy: welcome to the weekly #mhsm chat about #mentalhealth and social media. today’s topic: creativity and the… Continue reading creativity and mental health – a twitter chat