Designs I Like

My Mental Health Designs

April 27, 2025

May is #MentalHealthMonth I’ve been pretty open about my current (and long-term) mental health challenges. Also quite vocal about the struggle of being an independent creative surviving late-stage consumption capitalism with some level of personal [read more]

Family, Identity

Too Many Quirks

February 1, 2025

For decades I resisted having “too many quirks” and put up with far too much mayhem in my head. All our clothes hangers are being sorted into 3 piles. White, Black, and All Others -which [read more]

Family, Identity

Living Past Sixty Six- Big Deal?

June 4, 2024

Living to 66 is not that surprising for most Can-American white cismales of (sometimes) middle-income. I Came Out in 1978. Before I turned 25 what we now know as hiv/aids erupted in gay communities across [read more]

Family, Identity

Unmoored

February 10, 2024

un·moored adjective (of a vessel) not or no longer attached to a mooring. “an unmoored barge” (of a person) insecure, confused, or lacking contact with reality. “this freedom can make people feel unmoored” (source) See [read more]

Family, Identity

Coming Out ND

November 25, 2023

I was recently asked, over on Instagram (@briangryphon), about my stories showing my freshly-made bed tagged with #mentalHealthMonday. Consistently changing my bed linens is an indication that I’m doing well (or at least OK) in [read more]