The Hanged Man and Finding New Perspectives

When I’m stuck on a writing project, I go to the movies. I like nothing better than a mid-day matinee with the silver-hair crew of retirees, film students, and loner cinephiles like myself. Plus, going to the movies is cheaper than many entertainment options. As a member of my local indie art house theater, I […]

The Wheel of Fortune and Holding On

I have schizoaffective disorder bipolar type, which means I have full-blown symptoms of both schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder. But for my first thirteen years on psychiatric medication, I had the diagnosis of bipolar. For more than a decade, and while I was learning tarot, I understood my mental illness—and, indeed, my core identity—to be […]