#malesurvivor — Public Fediverse posts

here's a little essay i've been working on. it needs some polishing, but i'm posting it less as #writing and more as one #MaleSurvivor speaking to another

for anyone who's interested in submitting to #ExistOtherwise, this is also an example of one kind of writing i like to publish

https://menhealing.blog/will-little-eric-please-raise-his-hand/

sometimes i peruse my old journal/notes and find something i don't remember writing:

"what a life. to hell, and back again, and back again, to hell, and back again, to hell again, and back again... to myself. i spent a life time forgetting... and another one bringing it all back"

#MaleSurvivor #ItGetsBetter #BeyondSurvival

is a thousand words worth a picture?

i would like to share my art here, but one reason i don't is not knowing how to write #AltText for something like this

the only solution i can imagine is if, for each piece of #VisualArt, i write a short story or long poem, that attempts to invoke whatever i'm trying to invoke in the art

a challenge is that most of my visual art is created intuitively, and on the fly. i don't usually know exactly what i'm trying to invoke. in fact, my interest in visual art is because it allows me to explore #NonVerbal #CreativeExpression

how can alt text support non-verbal expression? this is a serious question

i think this is why my writing is veering into #surrealism and #ExperimentalWriting. i want to bypass intellect and communicate viscerally

ideas? opinions?

#photography #montage #CaveArt #declassified #TortureManual #cia #cptsd #ptsd #csa #BeyondSurvival #MaleSurvivor #GlitchArt #SelfPortrait #BlindArt #VisualPoetry #SheelaNaGig #grumpy #ScherzoDiFollia #appropriation

Introduction:

i am Eric Jennings aka Erwin Dink aka cc bovarisme (he/him) - #invocateur, #poet, #imagist

my experiences as a #MaleSurvivor of #CSA #ChildhoodSexualAbuse informs my work

i write #invocations, #poetry, #memoir, #CNF, #ExperimentalWriting, #scripts, and other things

i am also a #photographer, #GraphicArtist, and #illustrator

i live in #EastBay #OaklandCA