Month: February 2025

• Re: Oh no you don’t

  Mommy Dearest has fired off a response. Classic narcissistic deflection. ✔ Slander me. ✔ Make me seem unstable. ✔ Gaslight. ✔ Blame me. ✔ Defend the indefensible. ✔ Play the victim. Verbatim, no edits. Read for yourself. Oh yes I do, Ilana. I certainly will inform my friends that the person they met this summer or this fall is going through another bout…

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  February 10, 2025

  Crash, Burn, Write., Memoir Excerpts, Personal Essays/Autobiography, true stories

  anime, complex-ptsd, cptsd, CSA, DARVO, how to survive narc abuse, inspiration, narcissistic abuse, trauma

• War

  This is the email I just sent my mother after she blocked me for calling out her gaslighting and psychological abuse. She decided to frame herself as the victim. Of course she did. As all narcissistic abusers do. It’s the old playbook. They NEVER deviate from it. I posted something on Facebook today, and I’m almost certain she must have seen it.…

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  February 10, 2025

  Change and Transformation, Crash, Burn, Write., Grief & Healing, Life Moments, memoir, Memoir Excerpts, Mercurial Minds, Writing

  abuse, book-review, books, DARVO, how to survive narc abuse, Mental Health, narcissistic abuse, trauma, true stories

• Narcissistic Abuse: The Hidden Force Keeping Society in Check

  AI on Narcissism: When One Sees a Demon, the Other Calls It a Disorder I’ve been diving deep into the nature of narcissism, and when I asked two iterations of AI the same question—What is a narcissist anyway? A literal demon?—the answers couldn’t have been more different. One AI, Thinking Machine which has been designed…

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  February 9, 2025

  AI & Technology, Capitalism & Society, Conversations, Culture, Culture & Society, Human Behaviour, Personal Essays/Autobiography, Personal Reflections, philosophy, Philosophy & Existential Musings, Psychology, Society

  AI, AI Conversations, AI perspectives, Authenticity, breaking cycles, ChatGPT, demonic forces, emotional depth, emotional manipulation, empowerment through voice, gaslighting, how to survive narc abuse, human nature, manipulation tactics, Mental Health, narcissism, narcissist, narcissist traits, narcissistic abuse, personal empowerment, power dynamics, Relationships, self-perpetuating systems, societal control, societal structures, systemic exploitation, toxic relationships

• GI Jane with a Side of Cheesecake

  There was a time when my body was my armour—when muscle was my strategy, and discipline was my religion. This was my GI Jane era, where strength wasn’t just aesthetic, it was the point. Every rep, every controlled movement, every precise angle in this photo speaks to that version of me: the woman who saw…

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  February 8, 2025

  Change and Transformation, Crash, Burn, Write., Identity & Transformation, Life Moments, memoir, Memoir Excerpts, Mercurial Minds, Milestones, Modern Identity, Neurodivergence, Personal Anecdotes, Personal Essays/Autobiography, Personal Reflections, Pop Culture, Self Awareness, true stories, Writing

  2000s, Authenticity, Bodybuilding, Challenges, Competition, Crash, Burn, Write., Discipline, Fitness, GI Jane, Healing Journey, Identity, introspection, memoir, Past Lives, Personal Challenges, Personal Growth, Routine, Strength, Y2K

• Asking a Quantum Computer “What is 2+2”

  People worry about AI taking over, but honestly? Sometimes, the smartest systems can’t even answer the simplest questions. And I get it—because my brain works the same way. I can analyze complex ideas, spot deep patterns, and connect thoughts across time and space. But ask me a simple question—like what someone’s name is when it’s…

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  February 4, 2025

  AI & Technology, Creativity, Humour, Technology & Society

  2+2, AI, artificial, basic maths, ChatGPT, Humor, Humour, innovation, intelligence, mathematics, quantum computers, quantum-computing, quantum-physics, science, science humor, technology

• A Poem, A Portrait, and a Strange Bit of Synchronicity.

  What are the odds? An online friend of mine—who only checks Facebook about once a week—happened to see my post about Edward Lear’s parrot book. She asked if it was that Edward Lear, and I said yes, of course. That sent me down a rabbit hole, where I landed on a Lear poem I’d never read before. It…

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  February 4, 2025

  AI & Technology, Art & Expression, Artists, Creativity, Fine Art, Humour, traditional art, Visual Art, Writing

  AI, artificial intelligence, artistic life, book lovers, Edward Lear, Lear illustrations, literary humor, memoir, nonsense poetry, poetry lovers, satire, synchronicity, The Parrots, Victorian, Writing

• Metro Series: Too Real to Exhibit?

  Metro Series No. 11 – Jonathan StrangePencil on paper This piece is part of my Metro Series, a collection of hyperrealistic drawings I started in 2015, capturing quiet moments in the Montreal metro. Unlike most of the series, this one features a subject who posed for me with permission—Elissa Baltzer, a fellow artist and life model at…

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  February 3, 2025

  Advocacy, Art, Art & Expression, Creativity, Culture, Culture & Society, Fine Art, Personal Essays, Personal Reflections, Social Commentary, Society, Visual Art

  Art, Art and Censorship, Drawing Series, Hyperrealism, Metro, Metro Series, painting, Pencil Drawing, pencil on paper, Quebec, Quebec Art Laws, Quebec Laws, Realism, Series, STCUM, STM, Subway, Totally Surreal, traditional art

• Don’t Look Down

  (Or: How a Tightrope Walker Manages Not to Fall) Earlier today, I dropped two password-protected chapters from my memoir-in-progress, Crash, Burn, Write. These chapters, Into the Den and The Blue Butterfly, are part of a section called Advice from a Caterpillar. They cover just a few days within a pivotal three-week period—a time that shaped…

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  February 1, 2025

  AI & Technology, Art, Change and Transformation, Conversations, Crash, Burn, Write., Creative Writing, Creativity, Grief and Healing, Human Behaviour, Identity & Transformation, Intuition & Intelligence, life lessons, Literature, memoir, Memoir Excerpts, Mental Health, Mercurial Minds, Neurodivergence, Personal Anecdotes, Personal Essays, Personal Essays/Autobiography, Personal Reflections, Psychology, Self-Reflection, Spirituality & Faith, Technology & Society, true stories, Visual Art, Writing

  advanced reader, AI, artificial intelligence, balance, blog, ChatGPT, Creative Writing, deep thinking, engagement, fear, graphic novel, Identity, introspection, life, literary memoir, Literature, love, memoir, memory, Mental Health, nonlinear narrative, OpenAI, personal history, philosophy, processing the past, Psychology, resilience, risk-taking, Self-Reflection, storytelling, survival, ThinkingMachine, tightrope walker, trauma, trust, Writing

• Advice from a Caterpillar

  Chapter 6: Into the Den The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last, the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. “Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. “I—I hardly know, sir, just at present—at least I know who I was when I…

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  February 1, 2025

  Art & Expression, Change and Transformation, Conversations, Crash, Burn, Write., Creativity, Grief and Healing, Identity & Transformation, Life Moments, Literature, memoir, Memoir Excerpts, Mercurial Minds, Personal Anecdotes, Personal Reflections, true stories, Writing

  AI art, Autobiography, blog, ChatGPT, convicts, cptsd, Crash, Burn, Write., gaslighting, Grief and Healing, Healing Journey, how to survive narc abuse, Identity, ink, memoir, Mental Health, narcissistic abuse, Neurodivergence, pattern recognition, Personal Growth, psychological abuse, psychological warfare, runaway, Social Commentary, tattoo, tattoos, teenager, trauma, triggering