“The end is where we start from.” — T. S. Eliot. As I enter cave time to work on a number of projects – with initial focus on completing the 24-page midi-size comic, “Potato Nose: Narratio Retrógrada” – I say “see ya” by sharing the back and front covers. The story starts in 2026, moves…
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Temporal ambiguity…
The MRI, March 17, 2026. “Illness narratives do not always begin at the beginning.” — Catherine Kohler Riessman, “Ruptures and Sutures: Time, Audience and Identity in an Illness Narrative,” Sociology of Health & Illness, Vol. 37, No. 7 (2015) Experimenting with “temporal ambiguity” and messing around with imagery for my upcoming 24-page midi-size comic, Potato Nose:…
30 HOURS TO GO — FINAL PUSH #potatonose
As we head into the last stretch of my Kickstarter, a gentle reminder: Kickstarter is all or nothing. If I don’t reach my goal, the project won’t be funded. And yet, whatever happens, I am profoundly grateful! And if I fall short, please know: your encouragement has already carried me so far. I’m honoured to…
Kickstarter Campaign! Potato Nose: 1977
My new Kickstarter Campaign is now live and runs Oct 24 – Nov 20, 2025 Potato Nose: 1977, the graphic novel A tragicomic memoir of pubescent anxiety and ecstatic delusion “If you read someone else’s diary, you get what you deserve.” ― David Sedaris THE PROJECT I am seeking funding for artist subsistence to begin…
Graphic Medicine. Drawing it out releases me… #potatonose
Potato Nose: 1977, the graphic novel What is graphic medicine? ‘The intersection between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare’. — My new Kickstarter Campaign is now live and runs Oct 24 – Nov 20, 2025 Potato Nose: 1977, the graphic novel A tragicomic memoir of pubescent anxiety and ecstatic delusion “If you…
“Potato Nose gets frightfully romantic…”
My new Kickstarter Campaign is now live and runs Oct 24 – Nov 20, 2025!!! Potato Nose: 1977, the graphic novel A tragicomic memoir of pubescent anxiety and ecstatic delusion “If you read someone else’s diary, you get what you deserve.” ― David Sedaris It was a shock to the system for me to move…
I read between the lines… #potatonose
Karin Kristina Thorsen (September 17, 1936 Hudiksvall, Sweden – November 8, 2008 North Vancouver, Canada). Today marks 17 years since my mother died from pancreatic cancer. I had an absolutely extraordinary mother, “Mamma.” My childhood was a typical 1960’s – 70’s middle class life and my brothers and I were lucky to be well-fed and…
Chewing on the importance of diary keeping #potatonose
I was headed to a middle school in New Westminster yesterday on the Skytrain (to facilitate a dialogue session with teachers on their School Growth Plan as they explored creatively – with pens and paper – how to make the plan more engaging and meaningful in the classroom). On the train, I was chewing over…
There is an intoxicating self-indulgence in allowing myself to whine here.
July 22, 2021 Dear me, This is my S.A.D. time. Seasonal Affective Disorder is not about winter and sun lamps for me. I struggle in the summer with sunshine and these inevitable depressions. The low mood cycle has been particularly hard this past while. I am finding it hard to focus. There is energy,…
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Protected: Potato Nose Diaries (1977) Instalment 1: Introduction
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