Even the wildest storms can bend. 🌊🔥 - “The Storm Within" #TheStormWithin #PoeticBipolarMind #InnerStorm #AnxietyAndResilience #MentalHealthAwareness #HealingThroughPoetry #SurvivalAndStrength #PoetryOfHealing #DarkPoetry #EmotiveFusionArt

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✨ “I Guess…” is a poem for those who grieve in silence, for hearts that break without tears, and for souls still searching for strength. #IGuess #PoeticBipolarMind #HealingThroughPoetry #PoetryOfHope #GriefJourney #SilentScars #ResilientHearts #FromPainToPoetry #HopeAfterLoss #PoetryThatHeals

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"There is unmatched beauty in blooming again, even after the longest winters."

#BloomAgain #Renewal #SelfLove #Hope #Growth #NatureInspired #PoetryOfLife #InnerStrength #PatienceAndTrust #LoveAndLight #PoeticSoul #HealingThroughPoetry #FindingYourLight

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Originally posted to FB 1/7/2021
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Anyone else a little flummoxed by planning 2021? I know life is *always* uncertain, but...yeesh. How are you navigating this? How do you make plans around everything that's unknowable right now?

Originally posted to FB 10/4/2020
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The world is so freaking overwhelming right now - it's not just me, right? Like this past week, FFS, I don't even know what to say about it. Right? I feel like we're all slogging up a really steep, rocky incline. I keep looking up and out to orient myself to the larger landscape & to gauge the topography, and then staring determinedly back down at my feet for a bit, thinking only of putting one foot in front of the other - because if I spend too much time thinking about how steep the damned hill is, it's too much & I lose the will for it. And I guess the future is like a path with a lot of switchbacks where, no matter how hard we look, it's impossible to know exactly where it will lead, or exactly how far along we are. The future is obscured by trees. /1

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Originally posted to FB 12/30/2019
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It's a strange new world for me, since my stepdad Jim West died on November 1st. I'm suddenly not only in contact with my mom again - I see her several times a week. Weirder still? This feels, so far, like an unexpected gift. It's exhausting, but mostly I really enjoy our time together. I just wish my disabilities didn't make all of this so much harder. Every day, I wish I had more energy. Maybe someday I'll figure this out so I can have balance instead of just a dry mouthful of desperate wishes. But it is what it is.
/1

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Originally posted to FB 12/10/2020
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Okay so life is a mess, that's usually true for me, really struggling, etc. ad nauseum - but let me tell you about THIS AWESOME FUN THING I AM DOING! I'm taking a poetry comics workshop with Comics by David Lasky online via Push/Pull. And OMG I'm in heaven with this class. It's that deeply nourishing sense of getting exactly what I need at exactly the right moment to push my art forward.
This was done lightning-fast, just a rough sketch for one of the exercises - but I'm just so proud to be *doing* it, you know? Not fussing, just doing.
So. A poem by Basho, in comics form - click to read:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/poetry-comics-44714871?fbclid=IwAR0jN5aIF5xj8xVgWaqxaGwVj9QIc-coE-KY7kqIsYkpxhiTHd8IJi95HyU

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This is pretty much my life in a nutshell. Hopefully you can't relate! But if you do, well...solidarity, my friend. I salute you, and offer virtual hugs if you want one.
This is a pretty rough first sketch, & probably a WIP - there's more to say about this dilemma and the feelings it stirs up. But I also kinda like it as-is! So I figured I'd share what I've got so far. If it turns into something more, I'll show you that later.
There's a very short post that goes along with this on Patreon - you can see that here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/priorities-comic-75510592
...Mostly I just described it a bit in case you can't read my handwriting. You can also find a more precise description below.
❤