Tag: mental health
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Life and Death and Art
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“When I can get out of my own way, and get out of my own head, the muse is waiting. I just have to show up before I can talk myself out of it or convince myself it has to be perfect before I even begin. All this to say: the…
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Both/And
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What does one do when it feels like the world as we know it might be ending? Anything I might say or do feels like too much or not enough. On one hand, I want to acknowledge and bear witness to big global and political crises and the sense of…
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Permission to Be
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I chose “ease” as my word of the year precisely because recently, it hasn’t been easy. And I haven’t yet figured out how to write through it, preferring instead to emerge from my protective cocoon once everything feels more manageable again, painting in the meantime. I took part in Oliver…
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The Waiting Place
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Last year, in late January, I got married. This year, I spent the day alone. We’d been working on getting a visa for months, bogged down by bureaucracy, unexpected challenges, and moving goal posts. The embassy took my passport in September, and by January, the uncertainty of when I would…
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Darkness Before the Dawn
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Today is the winter solstice — the shortest day of the year, with more than 14 hours of darkness. After today, the light returns. These past few months have been a struggle. There are 4,000 miles of distance between me and my husband. I am waiting for a visa while…