liquidnight: James Jean Center panel from the Poor Thing triptych Charcoal and Digital Colour, 2007
Author: Birch Wind
Mom of five kids aged 16-36. Journeying though life, and looking for the way home. Trying to remember that the map is hidden in all I see, even in the face of the grief that has settled upon me since my daughter passed away in 2016. Currently picking through scattered pieces.
Far From Truth
Sometimes I have these moments, where I swear my meds are giving me some weird side effect, and then I realize I’m not on meds. Not anymore. And in fact, while I was on meds, whether antidepressants or adhd meds, I felt a bit flat, and I found it a bit hard to keep my … Continue reading Far From Truth
liquidnight: Still from the final scene of The Third Man, 1949, dir. Carol Reed “The final scene in The Third Man is a long, elegiac sigh. It almost did not exist. Selznick and Greene originally wanted a happy ending. (Greene originally wrote, “… her hand was through his arm”). Reed convinced Greene he was wrong. … Continue reading
>Far from Truth
>Sometimes I have these moments, where I swear my meds are giving me some weird side effect, and then I realize I'm not on meds. Not anymore. And in fact, while I was on meds, whether antidepressants or adhd meds, I felt a bit flat, and I found it a bit hard to keep my … Continue reading >Far from Truth
>Oneness
>Every once in awhile I feel blessed with the ability to sense a complete oneness. Sometimes, when I go for a walk, I am overwhelmed with the beauty, the smells, the sensations... wind blowing past my cheek, vivid colours - so many shades of green, pulsation of life all around. Every home with people in … Continue reading >Oneness
In the Wind 