When I was a child, I loved writing. I used to cheer in class when my teacher said it was time to write a story or a poem. I liked to write articles, as long as it was about something I had interest in.
One time we had to write an article about football, and I wrote the bare minimum I could. A dry, boring piece of crap; because I didn't give a shit about football.
My teacher said she was disappointed in me, because usually my writing was so creative and fun. She asked me to do it again, so I wrote the most sarcastic pile of shit I've ever written in my life.
My understanding of these events now is that my writing has always come from my soul. If my soul ain't in it, I can't make something good.
I actually stopped writing for a long time, because for a long time I lost my soul. At the age of 11 I began to suffer with what I now understand to be depression. As life continued my mental illness progressively got worse; until a series of traumas at age 16 sunk me into a suicidal hole filled with sticky tar that I almost didn't escape from.
As I started to pull myself out of the hole, I slowly started to write again. At first it was one piece every 6 months if that, and they usually sucked.
However over time as I rebuilt the shattered fragments of my soul, I began to write more and more, and get better and better (or so I like to think). At the same time, I was pushing myself to make major changes in life. I left the UK at 21 and moved to the Czech Republic, where I promptly developed alcoholism.
After two years in the land of slivovice and pilsner I moved to Taiwan. I got sober, and found my soul expanding in ways I never knew possible. I thought I had found myself.
Turns out it was actually a manic episode and I was diagnosed with bipolar (type 2) and complex ptsd.
Now, I find my head full of ideas I want to share. I have never been the kind of person to focus on just one thing, so don't expect this to be a specialised blog. Expect poetry, prose, articles about travel, mental illness, sexual violence, pooping, raving, being raving mad and whatever else comes into my mind.
May you enjoy. I'm sure I will.
Looking forward to your articles of your soul!! Much love!
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