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pluralstories"ARE YOU MY MOMMY?
Blurb: A stained glass work and tiny story about being the love you needed as a child.
Why is it worth your time?: It's short, sweet, and free.
I discovered Judy Castelli on page 44 of Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians. Her photograph from 1978 (fifteen years before she finally got diagnosed) called her an "artist, singer and songwriter," quoted her as saying, "My official diagnosis is paranoid schizophrenia," and showed her image reflected in a mirror, surrounded by paintings of people with multiple faces. Naturally, I smelled multi, and I was right: once diagnosed, she went public, published a book based on these journals and a DID journaling kit (the password is "hope"), released a CD album (including her '70s single, "Crazy Lady"), sculpted in stone and stained glass, and became a lay founder of and board member of The NYSSMP&D (New York Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation.) What an amazing life, and yet I had never heard of her until that photo book!
Plural Tags: plural creator, abuse not mentioned, children, otherworld, family relationships, medical
Content Warnings: None.
Access Notes: Free to read online. Image is not screenreadable, so here is my description right here: a vibrant stained glass piece of a large, whitish-red figure (seemingly bloodstained), gathering up small, variously colored childlike figures in her great arms. The background is a flaming hellish red, but it's increasingly surrounded by trapezoids of white, green, and blue, like steps or buildings, and the large figure's body language is gentle. The children's range from curious to playful to entreating.
Misc Notes: See it free here!
-I am big enough to love you like you need--needed from your mommy.
WHO ARE YOU REALLY?
-I am Judy. Big Judy. There are many of us. We all will take care of you."Blurb: A stained glass work and tiny story about being the love you needed as a child.
Why is it worth your time?: It's short, sweet, and free.
I discovered Judy Castelli on page 44 of Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians. Her photograph from 1978 (fifteen years before she finally got diagnosed) called her an "artist, singer and songwriter," quoted her as saying, "My official diagnosis is paranoid schizophrenia," and showed her image reflected in a mirror, surrounded by paintings of people with multiple faces. Naturally, I smelled multi, and I was right: once diagnosed, she went public, published a book based on these journals and a DID journaling kit (the password is "hope"), released a CD album (including her '70s single, "Crazy Lady"), sculpted in stone and stained glass, and became a lay founder of and board member of The NYSSMP&D (New York Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation.) What an amazing life, and yet I had never heard of her until that photo book!
Plural Tags: plural creator, abuse not mentioned, children, otherworld, family relationships, medical
Content Warnings: None.
Access Notes: Free to read online. Image is not screenreadable, so here is my description right here: a vibrant stained glass piece of a large, whitish-red figure (seemingly bloodstained), gathering up small, variously colored childlike figures in her great arms. The background is a flaming hellish red, but it's increasingly surrounded by trapezoids of white, green, and blue, like steps or buildings, and the large figure's body language is gentle. The children's range from curious to playful to entreating.
Misc Notes: See it free here!
Tags:
- 1+:abuse:not mentioned,
- 1+:creator speaks from experience,
- 1+:otherworld,
- 1+:people:children,
- 1+:relationships:family,
- 1+:type:medical,
- access:bootleg,
- access:lb local copy,
- access:online,
- access:screenreadable,
- audience:everyone,
- genre:autobio/personal,
- length:short,
- medium:art,
- medium:unique,
- medium:writing,
- medium:writing:illustrated,
- price:free,
- time:1990s
