While I resurrect him in ink — Recently, I’ve come face to face with my inner child in a way that I never quite have before. Coincidentally (or not?), around the same time I started a new webcomic. Through recent work with Peter Levine’s Somatic Experience therapy, I’ve been slowly making contact with sensations inside me…

Behind the first storyline — Note: You may have already seen the first of these strips in the intro posted here, but the discussion below is all new. There are also new strips at the bottom. My first sketches were of a wise man on the mountain. It’s a standard comic trope for a…

A new adventure in trying to feel okay —

With that other part of me that isn’t my mind — My mind and I have been through a lot together. For as long as I can remember, my intellect has guided me through life, both in tough times and in tougher. It’s not only helped me figure out what to do and how to live, but it’s provided a sanctuary…

Spoiler: It’s a disgusting PhonyFest — There is probably some less satisfying reason that no one is watching the Academy Awards. Maybe it correlates with the ever-expanding alternative options for viewing. Or people aren’t having watching parties during the pandemic. Or some other less hopeful reason. But I prefer to think it’s because we’ve finally become…

In the cyclones of sensation — A powerful nor’easter blew through me this month. Gathering strength for well over two weeks, this complex system rendered travel impossible, resulting in four separate days of canceled plans and a long stretch of sensorily perilous conditions. Last night, after a couple hours of torrential tears, the storm finally broke…

The easy way to measure your worth. — Everyone knows that life is about being successful. But it’s all too easy to lose focus and do things that do not further your position. Use the checklist below to see if you did everything you possibly could to get ahead today and demonstrate your value as a human being. …