Month: November 2015

  • The Unmasking Brain Injury project

    Listen to this post:  A while back, I found out about a project where veterans can decorate and paint masks to artistically represent their experiences of TBI and/or PTSD. The images can be haunting and difficult. But having TBI and/or PTSD can be haunting and difficult, to say the least. I think it’s valuable to provide artistic…

  • The movie is done!

    Listen to this post:  Hot news! We finished editing “Who Am I To Stop It.” [Image description: “Who Am I To Stop It” in black text.] Next steps: it’s off to Jason Wells at AUDIOWELLS to balance out the voices and music. Then, we head over to color correction land. In the meantime, I am about…

  • Disability Arts Panel at the White House

    Listen to this post:  Let me tell you about the Americans with Disabilities and the Arts panel held at the White House to celebrate Deaf and disabled artists and their achievements. It’s part of ongoing series of events all over to honor the 25th anniversary of the signing of the ADA. [Image Description: Screen shot of…

  • “Welcome to Marwencol,” the book

    Listen to this post:  This blog has decidedly too few mentions of “Marwencol.” So here we go. Watch that film. And if you’re like me, and you wish you could look at the images from the film every day, you can buy the book, “Welcome to Marwencol.” Voila. Mark Hogencamp created the town of Marwencol at his…

  • No cookies at the party today

    Listen to this post:  I’ve been reading about being an ally in Black and Brown communities and about asking for cookies. Asking for cookies is when a white person asks for public praise for doing something that’s less racist than something else or motivated by racism but looks inclusive on the outside to get a free cookie. This post…