The Mental Health Advocate And Daniel Johnston (Part 5 – FINAL)
If there is one positive thing I have always wondered about people who have mental illness, it’s that we are some of the most creative people you will ever meet. Some of us even have the ability to make art out of this. And even some of us are historical figures because of our art. […]
The Mental Health Advocate And Daniel Johnston (Part 4)
Back on Part 2, I was describing my first listening experience with Daniel’s 2nd album “Don’t Be Scared” which he recorded in his parents’ basement in July 1982. I mentioned a track toward the middle of the album called “And You Love It” and how it has a profound effect on me. Well now I […]
The Mental Health Advocate And Daniel Johnston (Part 3)
As I became more interested in learning about this man’s music career from when he made those early home-basement recordings to when one of those tapes ending up being distributed through an indie record company a few years later to where he is today, I noticed something with every newly discovered song I heard by […]
The Mental Health Advocate And Daniel Johnston (Part 2)
As I hit play on my phone’s mp3 Google player to the first track of “Don’t Be Scared” the first thing I heard was a crunchy, slightly out-of-tune, dusty piano being played as the musical backing. The sound quality was god-awful. I thought for a second it had to do with poor mastering but ignored […]
The Mental Health Advocate And Daniel Johnston (Part 1)
Last summer, one of my followers on Twitter from the Follow Back Resistance online movement reached out to help me on an evening I was really pissed off about something. I remember it was on the same day I uploaded my second video on YouTube. But forget the exact context. Anyway, while we were talking […]
The Battle Of My Brain (Poem)
What happened to my smile? If I have so many blessings, Why am I now in denial? Can’t stop stressing All because of one triggered thought? Not the first time that’s happened I go from feeling free To anger anguish and sadness All I want is pure happiness And yesterday, it was right in reach […]
