bipolar solidarity

  • TRUST MUSCLE: a journal entry

    TRUST MUSCLE: a journal entry

    This is my chosen place to write—it is close to my heart: my trust muscle I sit at the convergence…

  • SACRED EYE

    SACRED EYE

    I am evolving and deepening my awareness… With the shackles of addiction in remission I live in gratitude and in…

  • NOT YOUR POISON

    NOT YOUR POISON

    I am a human being suffering from the human conditionI am psychosis and neurosis: I am mania and depression I…

  • MAGNETIC WATER

    MAGNETIC WATER

    It was my first night on the psych wardI submerged the Bible in the toiletimagining that I would recreate the…

  • TRUTH SERUM: a journal entry

    TRUTH SERUM: a journal entry

    Last night, the moon communed with Jupiter—someone told me to ask for what I want because I just might get…

  • TANTRIC UNDERGROUND

    TANTRIC UNDERGROUND

    our vixens and our hustlers conjure epic supernatural sentiencewe deduce spiritual principles from the fulcrum of our collective experienceerotic anthems…

  • CULTURAL HIPHOP MATRIX

    CULTURAL HIPHOP MATRIX

    country twang meets harlem swingan old town road to the world we begin marinating and meditatingfornicating and innovating enjoying the…

  • BARRICADE FREAKS

    BARRICADE FREAKS

    we are barricade freaks rocking prada in the streetwe style our rage in platinum shades shining strong and rolling deep…

  • STACATTO IMAGINATION

    STACATTO IMAGINATION

    my mind reverberates at hypomanic speed to the rhythms of the flickering flames–seven multicolored pillars of fire surround my sacred…

  • URGENCY

    URGENCY

    manic zen from deep within fusing sin with oxygenpossibilities writhe and morph revealing potent visions usually accessed psychedelically i have…

  • ELECTRIC LIGHT

    ELECTRIC LIGHT

    a flame explodes into view, so emblematic of our ragewe rise up to reconstitute a nation that was built to…

  • DYNAMO

    DYNAMO

    there is subterranean strength in your body and volcanic energy in your mindthis is a seismic cosmic moment when everything…

  • STIGMA

    STIGMA

    I am proud of how i show up for life on the manic depressive spectrumi am proud of my creativity…

  • CUNNING ENEMY

    CUNNING ENEMY

    i am only forty-one, but addiction has been a cunning enemy of my life for at least three decadesat first…

  • EROTIC AND PLATONIC

    EROTIC AND PLATONIC

    Our vibe is subtle, electric, and wildYour warmth is deeply attractive and your charms make me smile You are an…

  • SUPERNATURAL MANIC MAGIC

    SUPERNATURAL MANIC MAGIC

    ] you see us dance among you, but fail to sense our jedi powers in emergencewe conjure rites of love…

  • AN INTRUSION OF GREY

    AN INTRUSION OF GREY

    alone with my emotions, i am wracked by malaise i contend with my demons clothed in varied shades of grey…

  • VICES: the dialectic of pathology

    VICES: the dialectic of pathology

    lost in the grip of neurochemical riptides, i grope for an anchor or for a potent dose of dopamine age…

  • PELVIC SERPENTS

    PELVIC SERPENTS

    hypnotic, erotic, and intensely and viscerally exotic we weave our way through this matrix evolving towards the supersonic deeply inspired…

  • FINE LINES: an aspirational manifesto for mental health liberation

    FINE LINES: an aspirational manifesto for mental health liberation

    like angels, we seek signs of evolving life at the end of the dank, dark, and isolating depressive tunnel like…