Writing After the Silence
The instinct to start over is strong. Deleting feels clean. Continuing feels exposed. This is me choosing the messier option: writing after the silence, not to redeem it, but to move through it.
Venta Belgarum
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Art as Liberation
Art isn’t about being “good.” For years I believed it was a contest I could never win, but I’ve since learned that the true power of art lies in expression. Whether it’s abstract shapes, digital designs, or messy sketches, turning emotions into something tangible can be profoundly freeing. Even if the only person your art speaks to is you—that is enough.
When the Sky Is Green
A meditation on the moments when your inner weather doesn’t match the world’s forecast. “Green skies” are shorthand for how mental health colors reality, and why naming them with compassion is the first step toward clarity.
When My Brain Took My Legs Away
When I was a child, overwhelming stress left me unable to walk. This is my story of living with conversion disorder, a reminder that the mind and body cannot be separated and why giving ourselves grace matters.
Habits for CHAMPS
Habits for CHAMPS is a flexible habit system built around six daily pillars: Creative, Home, Active, Mental, Personal, and Spiritual. Instead of rigid streaks, it uses a 0–100 scoring system for each day, week, month, and quarter, turning self-care into a game you can actually win. With charts that visualize your balance and mood over time, CHAMPS creates a personal behavioral health map. Akinder way to track growth, spot patterns, and build a more stable, fulfilling life.
What’s Next?
A reflection on the quiet challenge that follows survival. Beyond fire and storms, “what’s next” isn’t more struggle: it’s the slow, ordinary work of living. A poem about finding meaning in the simple, everyday acts that rebuild a life.
Echoes – Shouting Into the Void Together
The internet is a paradox. At once miraculous and isolating, it connects us like a living nervous system while sometimes leaving us adrift in silence.
Synesthesia Machine
What if we could embed sound into color?
Finding the Cute in the Creepy
A collection of cute drawings that started out as “creepy” monsters
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