Depression – Mikki Brisk

Her Story Began…

Mikki BriskMarch 1, 2019Life

Once upon a time there was a gal who loved living. She loved the world. She loved seeing what might happen next. She also felt things quite deeply. Sometimes she felt too much. At her best, she…

It’s Not a Perfect System

Mikki BriskJuly 1, 2018Art Creativity Life Painting

So many people have reached out, asking about my goings-on, my well-being, that I feel a response is due on my part. And that’s not easy for me. On the one hand, absolutely nothing is going on. On…

Breaking

Mikki BriskFebruary 4, 2018Life

To Whom It May Concern: I am an ordinary person. My ego is average (or at least I like to think so). My intelligence is average as well. I am terribly creative, and I own that. Even though I…

Wuss

Mikki BriskJuly 15, 2017Life

Yesterday I received an email from a blogger I follow. After letting me know my website is still jacked-up on the “contact” button, he had this to say: “Once a month? Is that it? Wuss. I put out…

Vignettes

Mikki BriskJune 1, 2017Creativity Food Life Los Angeles Painting

While I’ve been missing – from this blog and from myself – shit is still going down. Some of it’s good. Some of it’s absolutely useless. And some of it, well, you can’t always tell. There’s…

So. I haven’t so much as looked at this blog since the morning after the U.S. election. Which sucked, by the way, as my country decided to pursue hate, fear and ignorance. Officially. (Couldn’t you have kept…

Weld, Weld, Weld

Mikki BriskNovember 6, 2016Art Creativity Life

Remember when I shared this photo? It’s a cowbell I made in a welding class. I bring it up now because I’ve started a new welding class: Oxy Acetylene Sculpture. Can I please take a moment to…

Today

Mikki BriskOctober 12, 2016Life

Sometimes, for no reason at all, I become depressed. That depression can be debilitating or merely annoying. It can break me in body and spirit, or it can challenge me to break it. Sometimes, for no reason at…

No Good Reason

Mikki BriskAugust 17, 2016Life

Do you ever find yourself feeling not-so-hot, for no good reason? Like – life is pretty good, you know? You’re doing great, even. You’re loved. You get to have fun. Your basic needs are met, and then some.…

Wary of Heat

Mikki BriskJune 28, 2016Home Life Los Angeles

When I was a kid, living with my great-grandparents, conditioned air was nowhere to be found. There wasn’t so much as a window unit in the bedroom where 6 of us slept (no lie). In the heat of…

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