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Isolation, art, and transformation after brain injury
Listen to this post: I wanted to take a some time to sort of unpack this film for you. The meaning of the film and my own politics around disability have changed and grown in the two years we’ve been working on it, which you might not know. If you’ve been following for a while, you might notice…
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The Art of Brain Injury: A new call-in show on Brain Injury Radio Network
Listen to this post: I’m excited to announce that the Brain Injury Radio Network (BIRN) has signed me on to run a once-monthly call-in streaming radio show! When I first started “Stories from the brainreels,” I kind of thought it might be a call-in show the way BIRN does. But 1:00 pm on a Friday…
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USA Projects love song
Listen to this post: Many of you visiting this blog helped fund “Who Am I To Stop It” by donating to USA Projects back in the early days when the film was called “The Art of Brain Injury.” We had such great success with the campaign that USA Projects asked me to make a brief…
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Why are you making this documentary…again?
Listen to this post: Recently, I deleted the first post from this site where I explained what this film is and why I’m making it. I have no good reason why I deleted it. I think I was confused. Tyler Presnell just said he would be thrilled to contribute his poetry to the blog. He was…
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This film has a new name!
Listen to this post: After much musing, wondering, discussing, and fretting, we have finally renamed our film! “Who Am I To Stop It” is the new name, and WhoAmIToStopIt.com is the new URL for this blog. But why? Why did you change it? Frankly, the working title “The Art of Brain Injury” was not enticing…