I started my blog in January of this year (2013), with the intent to focus on different aspects of autism, being a brother of a low-functioning, nonverbal, autistic individual.
(This is an appropriate place to thank all of you who have been reading my blog entries. I am deeply grateful for your ‘likes’ and comments.)
In the sometimes irrational, disordered environment of growing up, I was drawn to the order of engineering and science. At the same time, I had a need to create. Perhaps I could create something that makes sense. Using my visual talents, I started a photographic project to try to make sense of the effects of autism on my family and me. I hoped to make a record that would be relevant to other families in similar circumstances. Over the course of a number of years I visited my brother, took pictures and wrote journal entries.
In February of this year, I remarked on the fact that my blog entries relied on memory and I was unsure if I remembered correctly. I wished that I had my journals. But I was a bit apprehensive about finding them, since I might be faced with differences in my recollections now as apposed to what I wrote then.
I found my journals. The one pictured below is the first to concentrate wholly on the photography of my brother. We’ll see what happens.
So glad you journaled and still have them. Can’t wait!
Thank you Jill. I’m excited to present them and perhaps get some new ideas.