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Eyes are Lakes

February 7, 2015
Eyes, lakes of my simple passion to be reborn
Other than as the actor who gestures with his hand

As with a pen, and evokes the foul soot of the lamps.

Here’s a window

In the walls, of the cloth I’ve torn

with legs and arms, limpid treacherous
swimmer

with endless leaps, disowning the sickness

Hamlet!

A rip off of my favorite poet’s poem

The Clown Chastised

Eyes, lakes of my simple passion to be reborn

Other than as the actor who gestures with his hand

As with a pen, and evokes the foul soot of the lamps,

Here’s a window in the walls of cloth I’ve torn.

With legs and arms a limpid treacherous swimmer

With endless leaps, disowning the sickness

Hamlet! It’s as if I began to build in the ocean depths

A thousand tombs: to vanish still virgin there.

Mirthful gold of a cymbal beaten with fists,

The sun all at once strikes the pure nakedness

That breathed itself out of my coolness of nacre,

Rancid night of the skin, when you swept over me,

Not knowing, ungrateful one, that it was, this make-up,

My whole anointing, drowned in ice-water perfidy.
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Self-Examination

February 7, 2015
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What are your three most important values in life right now?

What are the things in life that are the most important? (people, activities, ideas)

What are three personal accomplishments in your life you are most proud of?

What are your three best qualities as a person?

Skills and abilities you are best at?

What are your three most important values in life right now?
1. Designing Inspirational things
2. connecting with interesting and lovely pople
3. being able to spend mone on projects and experiences
What are the things in life that are the most important? (people, activities, ideas)
1. Internet
2. Lectures
3. My Significant Other
What are three personal accomplishments in your life you are most proud of?
1. Going to graphic design school
2. maintiaing an art blog
3. webcomic yoks project
What are your three best qualities as a person?
1. Curiosity
2. Creativity
3. Self-starter
Skills and abilities you are best at?
1. Documentation
2. Painting and drawing
3. Brainstorming
Extra credit: three worries, biggest mistake in life, three lessons of life/career (TL;Dtype). three people living or dead whom you admire, three people in your life you care about, what qualities do you admire in other people? What three words would you like other people to describe you?

Frida Kahlo, Thom Yorke and Stefan Sagmeister are my three people that I admire.

(excerpt from a sketchbook, 8-6-2013)
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Rules for the Notebook

February 7, 2015
1. Enjjoy whitespace. Let drawings breathe. They like it.
2. Don’t judge. The goal is to let ideas out. Even the “not-so-good-” ones. It might lead to something.
3. Like nubmer two, don’t scracht out anything,–unless it’s part of the drawing.
4. Don’t rush yourself. You have all the time in the world to draw.
5. Don’t draw on the backs of pages. (if you’re pen is too strong for your paper– use discretion)
6. Caption it. DRawing becomes funnier when you try to explain it with words.
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Personal Resume Word Reservoir

February 7, 2015
1. Talents
  1. storyboarding
  2. planning
  3. documenting
  4. brainstorming
2. Passions
  1. information technology, user experience, inspiration
3. Core values
  1. originality
  2. thoughtfulness
  3. ease of use
4. Personal Qualities
  1. organized
  2. creatively energized
  3. problem solver
5. Anything else that’s important to you
  1. openness and receptivitiy to new ideas
  2. clearly stated objectives
  3. sharing of ideas
  4. synergy — working in a beautifully tandem system
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Tights are Tight!

February 7, 2015
Out of my “Alien Fire” Image, I made this kickass tights. I love the forms they create on the body. I now love tights. They make me comfortable and very proud. (One day, I’ll put more effort into a proper photo shoot.)

Let me know if you want to order some or get something custom designed to you. Prices depend on the work I have to do to make it perfect for you, so there is time and there is hope for you to have happy, dreamy, unique leggings.
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How to treat Insomnia

February 6, 2015
Preface: I am bordering being nocturnal and being a polyphasic sleeper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep). I asked my friends what they do for sleep. I have spent 11 days in the Ward and it’s not easy to sleep in a hospital. All of those feelings of paranoia become heightened because 1) they are definitely watching me and 2) they are definitely takling about me behind my back and Lastly, there is no end in sight until I’m out the door. Waiting for an indeterminate time is a big weakess to the Katarina Creature.

Here’s some things I wanted to share to fellow Insomniacs.
1. Don’t beat yourself up for it. Many factors beyond your control contribute to midnight wakefulness:
  1. the timing of exercise
  2. screen time
  3. personal current events
  4. lack of comfort
  5. apnea
  6. dreams/nightmares
  7. unaddressed childhood trauma
  8. fear of stufff
  9. lack of lullabies
  10. dry mouth.
2. Set a timer for an hour in a half (in your mind, don’t actually do it, just think, I’m going to try sleep again in an hour and a half.
3. Consider trouble shooting your sleeping arrangement.
4. IT’s good to have access to social media and chat up a person or two to pass the time. (A journal is better, writing letters is something that I want to do with my new-found insomnia.)
5. Try a sleep ritual. (I will make one called the Sandman Menu, later)
6. Therapy is best because it’s someone who can listen when others won’t. Massage therapy, same thing.
7. When you feel the sleep creep back, go to the bed to catch it.
8. Wash/decorate a part of your body.
9. Consider watching some soothing a ASMR video
10. Draw or write a tiny something for someone you love (or yourself!
11. Enjoy a scented candle.
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For the meticulous overacheiver:

Instructions best print this text out and give each a shot. Highlight the ones that work, add new ones you hear about from friends and cross  out the ones you've tried and it didn't work for you.
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You deserve to sleep. Better sleep is better life outlook.

♦
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Transmission from the Ward 2

February 4, 2015
Letters from the divide (aka, yellow beach, aka psych ward),

An Offer of good advice: The best lozenge in town. Look at link and trust us.

http://www.amazon.com/TheraBreath-Dentist-Recommended-Lozenges-Mandarin/dp/B004QM0OJ0%3Fpsc%3D1%26SubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB004QM0OJ0

Long link. Trying to adjust to a new terminal. I will have to post the focus card for this blog post. There’s no images I can provide at this time.

The meat:

Pain= spinal cord Injury.

Now where was I…

In group today, I learned a lot of things. My index card is filled to the brim. I just wanted to learn at least these things while I am here. Most important being Californian geography within the context of beautiful souls nearby.

Lesson 1: Be Present.

It’s not enough to pay attention with your hands, the goal is to look up more than every once in a while to show that you are engaged and listening. (I’ve been obsessed with learning about myself that I forgot to learn about others.)

Moodlighting= eye contact if you’re the audience or if you’re the speaker. Eye contact is a way of saying my world is your world is my world, etc.

It never hurts to try the complex handshake when it’s offered. Measure your synchroncity at least.

Today, I am Practice Kat. I will practice the active listening technique as much as possible. Locking eyes is the simplest of the complex handshakes that human beings are capable of, primarily because we stare at screens so much that our eyes are tired, so focus of the eyes, is the song of the vision sense.

freaky as hell– listen to people with your eyes and ears, eyes and ears, I’s and hears. (a little word jazz helps ease my tension)

There’s definitely a spirit at the ward which is giving us all good friendly vibes (unless you’re paranoid, in that case, all vibes are freaky as hell).

freaky as hell vs. friendly vibe- ebiv- roy g biv- rainbow-freaky hell plus friendly vibe

I’ve learned how to make my pretty brain work for me instead of against me and the learning curve is long, but manageable. I will find a way to stop negotiating with my body and give into what it wants… what it needs… but not here in this beige-wall place.

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Respect, self and others, completely without conditions. This is hard for me because I consider myself a critical theorist. I need to create a journey map and wish myself well because it’s half of the whole equation.

what is the equation you’re working on?

Mental pain is hard to diagnose. It’s not a disease, it’s a tendency. I tend to talk a lot, I tend to think a lot, but it doesn’t have it’s hold on me. I have a strength within and without and foci of these strengths will allow a unique stability that plurals rarely allow themselves.

mental strength mental strength mental strength

I’m still on my 999 program. Which is easy to remember because of Herman Cain, the Hurricane. He is a charismatic soul and I appreciate his goofy voice telling me to eat my meds (zyprexa in case you’re wondering and 9am, 9pm and nein in between, in case you’re wondering…)

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Questions to ask yourself every morning:

What is my name?

What are my goals?

What am I looking forward to?

What am I going to excel at today?

What do I need?

What is my name? Practice Kat

What are my goals? Practice Active listening and finish that Rilke Book (http://www.carrothers.com/rilke_main.htm)

What am I looking forward to? I’m looking forward to learning about how I can be a better listener, accept gifts, give clear and important gifts to others.

Important and clear

What am I going to excel at today? I am going to excel at sleep today. I know I really need it and I’ve been really happy to take time for my online journal. Bon jour! Always day.

A songbird needs a clean whistle. Reasons for self-care routine. Like my mom says, “drink more water!”

What do I need? I totes need that breath lozenge stuff and Biotin because a songbird needs a clean whistle. Not that my mouth is a dingey hole of disgust, but being here has given me new perspective on my body-mind, connection/disconnection. I am looking forward to structuring my day around something other than an hour of Occupational Therapy and regular meals during the day. I can’t be nocturnal here, but I think I might want to try. I love the stillness of the night. There, I can breath and hear freshness all around me. The energy of dreamers. The sweetest fragrance to my soul.

Love and Creativity,
KAT-9
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Transmission from the Ward

February 4, 2015
Offer of good advice: The best lozenge in town. Look at link and trust us.

http://www.amazon.com/TheraBreath-Dentist-Recommended-Lozenges-Mandarin/dp/B004QM0OJ0%3Fpsc%3D1%26SubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB004QM0OJ0

Long link. Trying to adjust to a new terminal. I will have to post the focus card for this blog post. There’s no images I can provide at this time.

The meat:

Pain= spinal cord Injury.
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