The photo below, as ordinary as it is, was an inspiration My brother Mike just turned 40 when I took this picture, almost 30 years ago. I always craved attention from him, which he never gave. I almost needed a magnifying glass to notice that his left eye was looking right at me. It was […]
This is the face that stared out at me from the mirror as I held Mike’s half-face up to the mirror.
My other post today (Self Portrait – Phototherapy) is a self portrait in the style of Jo Spence and Rosy Martin (as I understand their concept). I merged my phototherapy portrait with that of my brother Mike. Mike is older, autistic, low functioning, nonverbal, with eyes that do not normally line up. Here are the […]
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 […]
