Faucets Installed
When I saw this poster on the street in New York City in the 1990s, I thought it was hilarious. I still think it’s pretty funny… Does it fall under the category, appropriated art; highjacked art?
Tag Archives: communication
Beginning of a Personal Symbology
The suffix ‘-ology’ means, ‘the study of’. For example ‘cosmology’ means ‘study of the cosmos’, ‘biology’ means ‘study of biological phenomena’, and so on. Today I begin studying the symbols that were and are important in my life. I want to identify the symbols from my early years that have, and continue to affect my psyche. My […]
Frame #2
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post which was frame #1 in one of my dad’s 8mm of us kids back in the 1950s. I chose three frames of my brother Mike. Mike is autistic, low functioning and has never spoken. I was always difficult to get his attention, to say nothing of understanding what […]
Other Eyes in My Life
In recent posts, I’ve explored the dark eyes in an old photograph of me. I worked with that photograph in the posts: ‘When are Portraits Self Portraits?‘, Dirty Blond, Negative Blond, Disorientation, Eye, Closer, and ‘Underworked?‘. I’m sure that I have squeezed much of the creative potential from that motif. Below is an array of photographs of eyes from my two […]
Disorientation
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately. I just finished Twin by Allen Shawn. This memoir by a professor of music and composer, is about his and his family’s experience with his mentally disabled twin sister. Many parts of this book resonated with me since my older brother Michael is autistic, low functioning and […]
Returning to Mike
My blog was originally inspired by a need to share my experiences as a sibling to a severely autistic, low functioning, nonverbal individual, my brother Mike. I am certain this history was the origin of my creativity; I had to explore every possible way to understand him. I published a series of posts (Young Mike, In Transition, Final […]
Request for Feedback – Book Proposal Part 2
Many thanks to you who read Part 1 of my book proposal and to those who responded with comments and suggestions. In Part 1 of my proposal I noted: The provisional title – My Brother Michael; The goal – share my experience as a sibling of a low functioning, nonverbal autistic individual; A synopsis of […]
Photos of Mike and Dad
The photographs below have not been posted before in my blog. I was looking though my photo archives and found some photographs that show more about the relationship between my brother Mike and our father. Mike is older than me, autistic, low functioning and non verbal. When I took these photos, Mike was living in […]
Review #3 Photos of Mike
I would often meet my parents at Mike’s group home when we used to visit. Below are some pictures that show their interactions with Mike*. From June 24, 2013 (Private Moment): The first photo depicts the isolation that was the rule rather than the exception. Mom was very sensitive about this, and thought it was […]
Review #2 Photos of Mike
I began a photographic/journalistic record of my efforts to define my relationship with Mike, my older brother. This might sound odd to those of you just joining me on my blog, but Mike is autistic, low functioning and has never spoken. I never knew for sure if he knew that I was his brother. There […]
