I’ve been working on a long-term project. A series of portraits of autists who experienced violence at the hands of the police, strangers, friends… family.
Tag Archives: Art
Autism in Art: America Enters the Bardö, Trump Departs
In Tibetan Buddhism, a “bardö” is the intermediate gap we experience between death and rebirth… Said to be, for most, a foggy, confusing, dreamlike state… lost… abandoned… fear… desire… hope… The world has been obsessed with Donald J. Trump for 5 years. Nervously checking our phones dozens of times a day… What has he done…More
Autism in Art: “Deliverance – An American Selfie”
There’s a hole in the American Dream… More
Autism in Art: “Twilight of the Manchild,” Trump in Decline
Trump in decline…
His shadow spreads… America is diminished. More
Facebook Live Event: A VERY Kimmie & Johnny Thanksgiving
You are invited to a free live event, Thanksgiving Evening!More
Your Free Art Print… Finally Available
I’d like to share the #AutisticJoy!
I will be sending all followers one of my digital illustrations…
Autism in Art: Recent Work (Slideshow)
As we head into American Fall 2020…
Dark landscapes haunt my autistic mind… Love gives me hope.More
Autism in Art, Gallery: Astonish the Police
I’m overwhelmed by the USA…
Art is how I deal…More
Autism in Poetry: It Burns
I’ve seen the fiercest hearts of my generation burn themselves alive, lips wrapped around a pipe…
Family is complex for this autistic.More
A “Thank You!” gift for ALL blog followers…
I’d like to share the #AutisticJoy!
I will be sending all followers one of my digital illustrations…
Autism in Art: “The New Normal,” School in the Age of Covid-19
Dark, digital illustration of Georgia children returning to school in the Age of Covid-19, after a photo by Hannah Watters, 15-year-old student, Twitter, 8/2020.More
Autism in Art, Gallery: Democracy Is Coming… to the USA
I’m overwhelmed by the USA…
Art is how I deal…More
Autism in Poetry: My Friend Billy
Friendship is complex for this autistic…
Billy & I had nothing in common. Except our hearts.More
Autism in Poetry: Got A Hate On
My autistic heart cannot seperate my life from our world’s fate…
And the rising tides of hate.
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Autism in Poetry: Sensory Overload, NOISE…
No apology. No justification. No lecture. No discussion. No education. No enlightenment…
Here’s the experience of autistic sensory overload.More
Autism In Poetry, Shutdowns: Believe I’ll Ch-Ch-Change My Shirt
Autism in Poetry: Letting Go…
Autistic Poetry: Ballad of a Black Sheep
For some families, autistics aren’t the children parents ordered…
Works for me.More
Movies Taught Me about Life: How Hollywood Failed My Autism
Actors are PAID to get across what they’re feeling. While real-life humans seem to work desperately to keep it hidden… From me.
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Neurodivergent Poetry: How Rare It Is
Why would teachers, parents, friends waste time saying one thing to me trying to communicate something entirely different…?
Later, why would bosses, priests, lovers mock, rage, abuse for doing exactly what they say…?More