Summer 2006 I was trained as a presenter for the NAMI In Our Own Voice, living with mental illness program. Here is the story of my illness from the onset through the current remission offered in that format.
Schizophrenia can be marked by loose associations and word salad. On these pages I share personal examples of my abstract word art, poetry, prose, and posters. "End time delusions are thought control." "CHAOS Becomes Beauty. Creation EVOLVES."
Again, this may be taken as an example of loose associations. It is also about a theme that is central to the schizophrenic experience, the relationship between what's outside and what's inside. I draw a metaphor combining the unit circle and a reciprical connection to represent my interior and the rest of the world. Then, I mathematically weight the interior and the exterior equally, and explore the implications of this transformation.