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Raw Hands
Raw Hands

I don’t recall exactly how it happened. I only remember thinking, absurdly, that I couldn’t keep repeating this same predictable pattern. I was tired of being dragged through mornings that felt like penance for nights that felt like freedom. The effect was transient. Never enough.

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The Human Brain is a Corporation
The Human Brain is a Corporation

A personal reflection on depression, contradiction, and what it means to be seen.

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Ghosts, zombies and other stories that keep us alive
Ghosts, zombies and other stories that keep us alive

It’s been an awful, draining week.

All I can do is state the fact and try to move beyond the quagmire of repetetive thoughts — and write.

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The dark pit that is depression
The dark pit that is depression

A year ago today I took my first pill, the start of the complicated journey that is called treatment. Many assume that medication is a magical thing, you take it and all is well with the world again, or at least with the way you see it.

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Outlines

YES/NO: The Language of Division

YES/NO: The Language of Division

Kosovo: Common Wor(l)ds

Kosovo: Common Wor(l)ds

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A practice of slowing down through writing and photographs — to pay attention to places, people, and the quiet edges of experience.

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