Posted by Atticus on December 9, 2004, at 17:15:01
In reply to Re: poem ... Blue-Flame Propane, posted by Jai Narayan on December 9, 2004, at 16:53:12
I've tried to capture what the depressive cycle of my bipolar disorder feels like as it's coming on and once it's here in many past pieces. A lot of other posters who are unipolar or bipolar have done the same. But this poem is the first time I've tried to capture lightning in a bottle and express the crackling energy of one of my hypomanic periods. I just have this need to do, do, do, and move, move, move, and create, create, create. The dance up the steps from the subway to the surface is meant to be symbolic of the psychological rise I feel when this happens. This one literally came on overnight. I do have to try my best to watch myself so I don't do anything foolish or dangerous. This is a period of absolute fearlessness and a need for constant socialization. On the good side, my disability check came today, so tomorrow I can buy oil paints! The canvas (3 feet by 3 feet) is all gessoed and set up on my easel and ready to go! Ka-blam! Ta. ;) Atticus
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