For many of us, it’s awful damn dark in the hall
So you want to know what it is like to have full on, straight-to-the-bottom, clinical depression. You have a family […]
Author Archives: Pete Feigal
Camera obscura part IV: As they say, you can’t get there from here
There is a famous New York saying, “You can’t get there from here.” This is exactly what many of our […]
Camera obscura part III – Living on the brain’s left side
Ok, now here’s where it gets interesting. According to the latest updates in split-brain physiology, your brain is divided into […]
Camera obscura, part II – Paying the price for inspiration
Maybe there is an alternative to Socrates’ “divine madness”: drunkenness, eroticism, dreaming. Look at our greatest artists. Michelangelo was a […]
Camera obscura: On creating art
I’ve been thinking about things I learned in art classes or my own readings regarding art; insights from my own […]
Pete’s Reflections – September 2010
When I was first hospitalized in 1971 at 14, in a place that took the “fun” out of “dysfunctional,” I […]
Thanks to the one who shows us the way
My old friend, Bob Peters, one of the most active and humble man in the disability community developed a deep, […]
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday, Hello Black Flash
I’ve ridden motorcycles since 1972: Kawasaki H2-Triples and Z1s, Norton Commandos,Triumph Bonnevilles, Suzuki GS1100Es, Harley Sportsters, Panheads, and Softails. Twenty-eight […]
The daring adventures of Guacamole, teddy bear extraordinaire
“There is no Dulcinea, she’s made of flame and air, and yet how lovely life would seem, if every man […]
With our teardrops and our toil
“The world turns, but we don’t feel it turning. And then one night you look up and a single spark […]