Tag: personal narrative

  • Texas TBI Conference and storytelling

    Listen to this post: Storytelling! In a few weeks, I’ll be leading a short storytelling workshop at the Texas Brain Injury Conference. Of course, I’m thrilled to be back home in Texas in August. I look forward to the chance to melt from the heat and humidity of Central Texas like I grew up doing.…

  • Not My First Rodeo: Brain injury and homelessness

    Listen to this post:  Can I just say how much I love my reliable access to the internet? It’s really a lot. I’m so grateful for my internet connection and for finding tons of material that’s accessible to me. While many people with reliable internet access take it for granted (especially if you don’t have…

  • The Tangled Ones A 20-something living with AVM blog

    Listen to this post:  How do people actually find each other? I think this to myself every time I’m on an airplane, flying over a city and observing the seemingly endless expanse of buildings with people coming in and out of them. The tiny toy cars are streaming down streets and highways. Look at all…

  • Personal stories, not education

    Listen to this post: Cynthia, my filmmaker, was talking with some fans of documentary film. When she told one this new project will be focused on artists with brain injuries, here was the response she got: “Oh! So it’s going to be an educational film?” Well… not really. She explained it’ll be a documentary with…