The Ticking Bomb
1975 That Other Me is a series that explores the immediacy and intimacy of various mental health episodes I’ve experienced throughout my life. There’s a bomb in the house. I lie in bed, trying to sleep, but I can’t because of the bomb. I know it’s on a countdown. I’m not sure how long that countdown is. I can’t even tell time yet. But I’ve seen enough movies already to know that bombs have timers that tick down until they explode. Nobody else is awake in the house – at least I don’t think so. I can hear the washing machine going, can hear the rhythm of its cycle, but…
Nothing Real Exists
1992 That Other Me is a series that explores the immediacy and intimacy of various mental health episodes I’ve experienced throughout my life. I don’t know if the wall is real. I see it. If I walk over, I could touch it. I could feel it. Feel the plaster under my fingertips. Feel the texture against my skin. Feel its presence. But none of this proves that the wall’s real. Because it might just be what I’m imagining. Just as I’m imagining it’s there, I could imagine that it interacts with me – and the world around me – exactly as I expect it should. Which means I’d have to…