Who Am I To Stop It

Tag: traumatic brain injury

  • Guest Blogger: Tyler Presnell

    Listen to this post: What momentum we have here, folks! We’re a blogging machine. Here’s what Tyler told me the other day about the time right after his traumatic brain injury: “Poetry was my only friend for many years.  While I was going through the first few years of my recovery friends weren’t around much. …

  • Behind the scenes sneak peek 2

    Listen to this post: Kris gave me paper, paint, tools and a pep talk before I started making this painting in her studio. If I’ve painted before this, I certainly don’t remember. But that’s not saying much. Kris looks on approvingly as I turn a paint spill on this small paper into a new kind…

  • Guest Blogger: Dianne Allison @ Holli (Hollis) Hawthorne

    Listen to this post: Diane Allison is so generous to let me repost some of her blog here about her daughter, Holli (Hollis) Hawthorne. Holli had a severe traumatic brain injury almost four years ago. Her mother and other family have contributed regularly to a blog at http://helpholligethome.blogspot.com/ and at caringbridge.org/visit/hollihawthorne . Her friends also…

  • 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…

  • Guest Blogger Kris Haas: “Into the InBetween”

    Listen to this post: At our first interview with Kris Haas, she shared her artist statement, which is written in verse. If you have ever wondered where an artist goes in their mind or their soul while making art, here’s one place. Into the InBetween Where the silence of the moment lies The place that…