Family, Identity
Picture it- Ontario, 1978
In 2010 I posted my coming out story here. That post mentions that I sent a Letter to the Editor of the local newspaper and Came Out to my family, then living in a village […]
Family, Identity
Designs I Like
Therapy as Art, Art as Therapy
A series of digital art posters representing my head-space prepared as I underwent hypnosis to recover blocked childhood memories. Each image is available as a Large Poster 23″x35″, and as a Mini Poster Print 11″x17″. […]
Family, Identity
Family, Identity
What’s My Name
“What’s your name?” On the surface a fairly straight-forward question with an easy answer. My first (silent) response is actually hearing Margaret Cho ask “what’s my name?” in a deep, gravely half-whisper. The answer then […]
Family, Identity
After The Bath
As a young gay man in the ’80s I was not only a regular patron of Toronto’s bath houses (“steambath” or “men’s health club“), I worked the overnight shift at one for a summer. Although […]
Family, Identity
To My Nieces & Nephews
An Open Letter To My Nieces & Nephews: It’s been ten days since Dad (Grandpa to you) passed. Five since the funeral. You are each returning to your adult lives- partners, children, school, career, all […]