Positive energy an art — CW: Mention of suicide, no details provided This is a difficult week for me because every year on Pi-Day, I remember the 14+ friends I’ve lost to suicide. Several of them were lost at this time of year and I struggle every year at this time too. …

A quick word in memory of Urvashi Vaid — While I did not know Urvashi Vaid personally, I’ve had connections to her since I came out as queer in the mid-’90s when I was in high school. …

A New Poem Self-doubt is gonna make you pout. The stout is what it was all about. My route to fail, to inhale the truth… the toxic smiles of my youth. It’s evolution shaking the nation, with violence and radiation from the radio stations that are left. They operate like theft and incest. It’s a test to find the best new ways that can survive the…

Interview With A Gallery Owner At the Center Of Boston’s Art & Music Scene This week, I decided to do something different and interview someone in the art world who means a lot to me. She gave me a chance when I was still just starting out as an unknown…

Letting out steam in a heatwave — CW: Mental illness, bipolar disorder, PTSD. As a person with Bipolar Disorder and PTSD that’s led to psychosis and even going catatonic, this new world has me petrified. There are germs everywhere, I can’t breathe with my allergies, and we’re having the longest and hottest heatwave I have seen in almost 44 years of living. It’s hard not to feel panic about the end of the world, which is basically where my…

What I’ve Been Doing Lately I’ve been struggling with Agoraphobia for the last few years as a result of my most recent PTSD-related psychotic breakdown back in 2018–2019. I chose to stay inside for 7 months because I knew I belonged in a psych ward at that time, but I’ve…

And You Can Ask Yourself These Questions Too. I got these 30 fun Questions from this article by KP_the_writer I’m planning to start writing my next book tonight. It’s sort of a sequel/spinoff of the book I just finished editing and hopefully will be publishing soon. …

And Everything Else I’ve Been Doing… I started Junetoon this year by drawing Pride-themed cartoons since it’s also Pride Month. I’m just picking random characters I love from some of my favorite cartoons over the years. There is no method to my madness as far as who I’m choosing, and…

A Poem That Rips A Hole In My Heart Trigger Warning. This poem is triggering as fuck. Incest, drugs, addiction, gangs, prostitution, and child abuse. It is based on something I witnessed as a teenager that further traumatized me, just to watch it happen to my friend. Unfortunately, that was…