I M Perfect lady

Day two of filming "Call Me Mental" 

It is hard to articulate the process for it is Art in the making…and you are just a piece of a bigger picture…and yet how you present yourself will add or take away from the project.  It truly is an audition and bringing the right and perfect content that is needed to inform, inspire and push the envelope…to start a social change as this documentary explores the stigma of mental illness.

Can you explain and share your mental illness clearly?  Will it leave the viewer more hopeful and normal in their illness?  

For I see myself as being a normal person who was put in abnormal situations and the effect that had on my life.  And, then the process of recovering my self from the affects…if you will.

David Cowardin is simply the perfect person for letting us share our stories.

These are not typical stories. They are our wounds and greatest pains.  He handles them and us, with the open space of gentle kindness while doing Art.

He adjusts lights and cameras while we are pouring out our souls.

He asks questions with kind eyes and a soul willing to hear.

 What is so weird and surreal we are creating wonderful art from tragedy; if you will. Look at our smiling faces…you can feel our bond of good energy. 

He and his partner are going into our darkness with bright lights.  

We are bringing Light to an segment of society that has been kept in the dark….our secrets and the places to seek help.  

I simple love that my quilts are in Copper Country Mental Health, and we are doing a film, "Call Me Mental" and bringing brightness….into what wounds us.

Willing to display your wounds on camera, as well as what was helpful in healing them…will help others find their way.  Or so is my hope.

Last night was a bit easier for me, for it was explaining the quilts.  To re-visit each one and feel what they saying…what part of my journey did they capture.

I once again felt the awe of what came forth in each quilt.  I feel the magic of the story and how my subconsciousness was revealed.  I am viewing my art like I wasn't there making it!

And to top the evening off, my brother and I were connected via Skype.

Bringing him into my episode…for we have shared a very unique experience…as siblings, friends and partners in recovering after abuse.

There are not enough words to express the delicate place we were both in…him trusting me and me having the courage to use truth and reality…

Using all I had to offer…freedom and reality.

He gave me the books and authors that I used to help me help him.

The yoga too he shared with me.

He was my first and is my most ardent cheerleader.

Thank you Carl for giving me all of you!