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Illustrated Meditation for Comfort After a Traumatic Loss

The sample chapter linked here is from Visualizations for Heartbreak, which I self-published in 2020 (in print and electronic versions). The narrative of the book focuses on the traumatic ending of a romantic relationship, but the anguish, rage, shame, and catharsis depicted in its pages are also relevant to other experiences with difficult good-byes. The text is accompanied by photographs and collages (also by the author), and I've recently had recordings made of me reading the text. I believe there is a need for this book, but so far I haven't had much success marketing it. Any suggestions are welcome!
posted by prairiecatherine on Aug 1, 2022 - 2 comments

The Man Who Left

The Man Who Left is a short fairy tale about a man sent to war, forced to fight incomprehensible battles in unknowable places for increasingly unclear reasons, who has become so weary and distraught by this life of constant toil and terror that it is only his dreams of returning to his wife and child that keep him sane. It's the 150th (and final) tale in my Thousand And One Tales project (previously on projects: 1, 2, 3, 4), which I originally planned to keep up for another 851 stories, but in the end failed spectacularly to do so. But still I tried... [more inside]
posted by dng on Jan 31, 2021 - 3 comments

On Nine Lives

I went through a traumatic experience losing a pet I was very close to, and I wanted to honor him and share the experience of knowing this wonderful animal, along with some of my best photography of him.
posted by BuddhaInABucket on Nov 4, 2014 - 8 comments

Denied.

How a Texas Abortion law affected the life, and death of my son. [more inside]
posted by CharlesV42 on Oct 12, 2014 - 21 comments

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