Art Trip to a Bipolar Mind
It’s not raining outside, but I am having a “jumping in puddles” kind of day. For me that’s when it feels like a switch has turned on and I find myself actively moving through my day with sheer happiness. I am jumping from one activity to another, from sweeping, to…
Don’t move. Everything will be ok. That’s how I was feeling yesterday, floating just above my anxiety about work so as not to be overwhelmed.…
A weed is only a plant growing where you don’t want it. I am remembering summers at my grandmother’s house. We’d pull a yellow dandelion…
I haven’t been able to write lately. I can’t find the words to describe how I have been feeling, and it seems that it doesn’t…
I remember the fireflies. We would sit on the steps of the porch and watch them light up. Collectors we were. Of fireflies, buckeyes, and…

I’m Alicia, the creator and author behind this blog. I’m an artist living with bipolar disorder. I write because it soothes my soul.