Tag: Bill Alton

  • If you’re ready to laugh about brain cancer

    Listen to this post:  For anyone who would find a humorous, lighthearted, pun-filled discussion of brain cancer and brain surgery offensive, best turn back now. If you’re intrigued, keep reading. Better yet, let me direct you right to the source of my most recent brain injury humor find: Chad Peacock over at The BrainChancery, thebrainchancery.com. Here’s…

  • Guest Blogger William L. Alton on Writing and Drawing

    Listen to this post:  Bill used to draw a lot more back before his physical disabilities made grasping and controlling a pencil very difficult. Recently though, he’s had the chance to explore visual arts again through the Disability Arts and Culture Project’s open art sessions last spring and the recent visual arts group exhibition he…

  • Where did this brain injury film thing come from?

    Listen to this post: As more folks I haven’t met are visiting this blog, I realized a little introduction is in order! This brain injury film thing started in 2011 when Impetus Arts produced its 3rd storytelling performance called “No One Wants to See the Wires.” It’s a writing and performance workshop for disabled artists.…

  • Guest Blogger: William L. Alton on Writing

    Listen to this post read by poet William L. Alton: I don’t want to steal Bill’s thunder, but I have one funny thing to share. The other day I told Bill about this blog and asked him for the first time if he would contribute to it. I was mad at myself for not inviting…