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Tag: self

Words For Life

DESIDERATA Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far … More

advice, existence, happiness, humanity, kindness, knowledge, life, mental health, nature, peace, poem, poetry, self, silence, society, youth

Self Portrait (2014)

Lately I haven’t been able to find the right words for “all of this” so I’ve been turning to visual … More

art, creative, depression, destruction, mental health, mental illness, self, self portrait, suicidal

To Love X Y and Z

Most of her sentences begin with, “I used to.” She used to be / to go / to enjoy / … More

BPD, eupd, grief, Hijacked Amygdala, journal, life, loss, mental illness, notebook, personality disorder, prosetry, self, writing

No Thing

I’ve never met me. Never been formally introduced. Never had an opportunity to form a first impression. Never had a … More

body, depression, diary, journal, mental health, mental illness, notebook, pain, self, writing

Bones

[Part of the Body Series] Skull: frontal cranial bone: a neat linear fracture: above right eye, below hairline: wish I knew … More

body, body image, experience, experimental, health, injury, life, pain, prosetry, reflection, self, self portrait, series, writing, youth

Needles (2)

[Part of the Body Series] TATTOOS 1: upper right thigh: Latin script: a bad job, artist was too heavy-handed: permanently … More

art, body, body art, body image, experience, experimental, prosetry, self, self harm, self portrait, series, tattoo, tattoos, writing

Needles (1)

[Part of the Body Series] PIERCINGS Left ear: 4 on lobe: 3 cartilage: rook, anti-tragus, helix Right ear: 6 on … More

body, experience, experimental, growing up, life, memory, pain, piercings, self, self portrait, series, style, teenagers, writing

030510

I feel so far removed from the girl who wrote this: (It’s a page from an old diary of mine … More

bipolar, BPD, depression, diary, journal, mental health, mental illness, notebook, pain, past, self, teenager, writing

Post-Brexit Passport

Post-Brexit Passport (mixed media, August 2018)

art, Brexit, Britain, collage, identity, life, London, passport, photography, politics, self, self portrait

Oil

If I can’t trust myself to not reach out and touch valuable oil paintings, how can I possibly trust myself … More

art, dark, love, notebook, poem, poetry, relationships, self, short, touch, trust, writing

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