Mental Health

  • gente primitiva

    gente primitiva

    My favorite painting in the world is at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. Don’t ask me how a Mexican national museum can be in Chicago without expecting a lecture in return – and I’ll expect you to take notes. The paining is called gente primitiva by Carlos Almaraz. It’s brushy with thick

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  • the losing side of 25

    the losing side of 25

    an essay I wrote when I moved back to Missoula after a few months in Denver // TW: suicidal ideation On the phone Wesley tells me I should treat myself with more grace – I tell him that I feel like I need to be punished. That suffering is good – and that I’m good

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  • A Body At All

    A Body At All

    A previously unpublished essay about how I found running – it feels a bit dated reading over it again now, so I figured I’d might as well publish it here. I think that people assume that I like running because it doesn’t hurt when I do it. They’re wrong – it almost always hurts. Sometimes

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