Category: PTSD
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Faces I see, Dreams of Me
1–2 minutes·
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What You Made Me Feel (Blue-Eyed Johnny)
2–4 minutes·
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“I am just a memory, dead in the dust, gone like the wisp of smoke that curled from the tip of the gun that killed me…”
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A Neighbor’s Dying
1–2 minutes·
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“…Poor, poor Chris…I guess maybe your train finally came…”
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Painting My Heart Out
2–3 minutes·
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acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Birds, Birds,, career, Childhood sexual abuse, clean, Confidence!, Creativity, death, disability, dreams, Excellence, Flashbacks, gift, gratitude, grief, identity, Impressionist, Injustice, Investing in Art, Joy, learning, love, Mania, Master, mental illness, Mixed Media, Mixed media, outsider art, pain, painting, Prostitution, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Ransom sacrifice, Recovery, Healing, repentance, repurposed, Serenity, Sex abuse, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, sobriety, Surrealism, Therapy, TransformationWoo Hoo ! I am an artist WHIRLWIND again! Hang on, cause art is flowing out of me in a torrent, and I need more hands. I am happy to be out of “funk town” for a while! I entered six shows in the past month and now have 5 paintings accepted into these shows…
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The Hurrier I Go…
2–3 minutes·
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acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Depression, clean, Confidence!, Covid19, Creativity, death, dreams, Flashbacks, garden art, Garden art,, gift, grief, Handicapped, Hope, identity, Impressionist, Injustice, insomnia, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mixed media, Mood Swings, out of the gutter, outsider art, pain, painting, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, repentance, self worth, Sex abuse, sexual assault, sobriety, Success, Surrealism, Therapy, whimsical artTHE BEHINDER I GET How true, how true that Pennsylvania Dutch saying is. I squander my art endeavors, rushing from this deadline to that, frazzled, befuddled and unsatisfied. That may be what drove Van Gogh insane, the constant turmoil to do better. I am making the presumption that perhaps the rapid cycling Bipolar Disorder that…
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IN the Mirror
1–2 minutes·
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acrylic, Addiction, Anorexia/Bulemia, art, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, Confidence!, Creativity, Denial, disability, Excellence, faith, Flashbacks, gratitude, identity, Impressionist, Joy, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, Mixed media, out of the gutter, outsider art, pain, painting, Psychiatrist, PTSD, re-purposed, Recovery, Healing, Self harm, self worth, Sex abuse, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, sobriety, Success, Surrealism, Therapy, Transformation, Vigil, voyagesrecognizing my BIPOLAR self image I’m in “Wonderland” right now. Been here for a week or so. Time seems to be inching by, my head too heavy to lift off the pillow. Not sick physically, I’m just…just…what can I tell you? I have had some unknown trigger going me headlong into a timewarp. Into a…
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Birds of Paradise
3–4 minutes·
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art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Birds, Creativity, death, digital art, disability, dreams, faith, Flashbacks, garden art, gift, gratitude, grief, Hope, identity, Joy, love, Mania, mental illness, Mixed media, pain, Photography, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, Transformation, whimsical art“…running to the window, still asleep, she fell thru the glass with a crash…”
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GRINDING AWAY
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‘Progress, not perfection.’ Who said that? I hate you, whoever you are. Because I…WANT…PERFECTION! The Earth keeps spinning on it’s Axis, and my mind keeps spinning like a mouse wheel. A recent medical issue charges my thoughts with negative ions, even with semi-positive news reports… Nothing to see here, folks. Let’s keep moving… Relevance…that’s the…
Out of the Gutter Art 