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Mental Health is l`ast becoming the scale that determines our ability to be in tliis world. This is a personal story of inental illness and liow that illness keeps determining how the lives I interact
with and have an effect on affect me. Depression is a label put on outlook, where hope and work are often seemingly chained to the outlook that gets coloured by seeing tile bad parts of every situation. It seemed that an ul[imatel}i unrealized dream or scenario often thought of was just so much wishful thinking. letting me ignc)re the parts of mysel±` that were effectively exiled -to be cleared up in one fell swoop. I v`/'ould find myself cr}Jii]g l`or no reason, alu/ays leaving ally mcetiiig as soon as it was
over: keeping isolated with books, movies, almost anythiiig to be safe. I thiiik this is the scope of inany mental illnesses, where the only way to .get by. involves keeping the dark side hidden oi-not expressed. Varit)us methods {)t` ti.eatme]it came into use over the years, with cognitive therapy, pharmacological supports and `i)rograms. that seeined to do little but give a place to \`'liine, complain and hold forth about how bad everything was/is/will
there are scores of drugs tht we can try.` and I was sick of being his guinea pig. What has given my mental health some light is an approach that sees the parts of my mind that keep me depressed as real parts ol`mc as a \\/'holc. each with its ovm reasons for being and urging actions or modes of thought. Dialoguing with these parts and realising that each has a role to play in my life, thatjust igiioring or trying to dismiss such is not feasible, that growth and healing are possible oT]ly by bringing understanding of these parts. functi(i]is into the present. niakes the future not so dim. Melital health is essential to being \\,'oilh it.
Bv PAULR TAYLOR
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The meds ran their course but made me numb and angry all the time, A college of iiaturopathic medicine had a program whereby 4th year studeiits could treat patients under the supervision ol` actual naturopathic doctors at a greatl}i re-
duced fee, and over time I was able to discontiiiue the psychiatric medications. Other supplements were provided, and it became possible to maintain without being dnigged. This may or may not be possible for people with a diagliosis of depression, and certainly should not be attempted without the suppoil of trained health care professionals. and just so with mc. One psychiatrist said I-there seems to be nothiiig more that psycliiatry can do foi. }rou" which I took as being written ol`t`. Another ps}J-
chiatrist. after I had stopped taking the 3rd or 4th mcd he`d experimented with (on me) said ..oh
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From the pavemeiil bet\\ieen Keefer and Georgia The Georgia wjtli(tut tlie allegedly trendy White walled Sycophantic boutiques On Main Street, One finds it impossible to look upon Those monolitlis of glass Aiid balconies For the double triple super digits For upper upper classes To give us gasses
Turn us to ashes What does this say about us as a societ}J? All alleged conrmunity? To allow this cruelt}i' on the stl.eet To placate witli pills Pills they take to kill their ills The pills that spill
Onto Hastings
Placating myself, with my Little yellow Roulid creatures A pink square Shakes it up. Spilling oiito the floor
Rcsistancc to the suicidal maiden Brings a renaissance
ln chemical orientation Perhaps iiot so different I take in), p,Its •.Oh my homunculus` I am ill." as Plath said
To kill that gnawing gnashing \''oice I take my pills To kill the J]eed to open myself up
To be fucked and violated Tn tlie wound I tear for myself
I do think That the only dil`ference between our voices ls their dialects
I open my body. A crimson flow Why do I like this? Wliy does this make me feel
(GOOD) Despite the damage` I want to live
Whe]i I gt)t off the 20
Do you know what I saw?
A woman Amis pressed against the Ford Building Grasping a sharpie lnking onto lime gree]i Neoii pt)stet papel. "Ill loving memory"
A person People
Gone Who has let them dov.,'n? Who gave them that sadness? Of which none ever deserved Despite not eyeing those glass towers They can be felt Pulsing
Foaming Throbbiiig Beth Stevi/Tart
[Recognised for Merit, Sandy Cameron Me-
morial Writing Contest-SCMWC|
Wealth: Boardroom to Sidewalk As a boy growing up on a wheat t`arm with a small herd of cat(le, a llock of chickens. and some pigs, I ha\'e been workmg since before I \vas six years old. When I \\'as foul. oi. fi`ie, I gathered eggs a]id walked to the pastiire to bring two cows liome for milking. By the tii`ie I was twelve, I was operating a tractor and driving truckloads of wlleat. I didn't mind the work. What destroyed me was my settler father.s rage, the beatings I suffered t`ol. reasol`s I did not understand, aTid coi`stant li\'1ng in fear.
Physical and emotional trauma kept t``e stoned for twenty years. and the last seven of those shocked iT`e iJlto an addiction to alcohol. Abuse of children maintains "imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy." (bell hooks in The W'jll to C'halige) Colonial Britaiii's public schools, a core part ot`the empire, institutionalized a "proper educatioii" that piit children into line-ups t`or cold baths> \Jigorous sports. and a niachc` culture tliat often descended to bullyuig. Caliilig, a hat`sh t`orm of physical puiiishTiieiit, was liot banlied lil all scliools until 1998. This pi.epared
the ruling class to dominate during postings ill the colonies and crcatcd a model foi. the treatment of children in all classes` wliicli cl.eated and perpetuated generatioiial patrjarclia] \\oiinds. In oi`going colonialism aiid capitalism` col.porate o\\Jliii`g ai`d rulii`g classes operate decision-in:ikjng
stl.ucturcs that cmcrgc from trauma, which. with othel. iiiechanisms of domillal`ce: racism. sexism, liomo-
phobia, classism` and poor-basliing, kccps most ot`us opel.ating sub-optimally -the result of oppressive intersectiollalities siin.ouiidiiig us, \\'hicli include li\Jing under a hici.al.chical system based on ge]1erating
huge pl.ofits by extl`acting resources from the Eartli and laboiir from people. As evidence that trauma pla}'s a leading role jn capitalisiii, I remiiid you of the acutc]y-callous decisiolis
by petrochemical mdustries to use their awareness ot` the effect of` carbon on global wfli-ming foil}' years
ngo. not to iiiitigate the damage b`it to use their research to cast doubt on climate science to protect their profits. Do the super-wealth}i v,rho own and I.un these corporate behemoths not care about their children's and graiidchildren's lives? Clay Cockrell. a therai)ist to the super-rich` reports in an article in The Guardian that .`Many billionaires I work with lia\'e triist issues, lack a sense of purpose and struggle \vith shame. guj lt and t`ear." (https://www.thegiiardiaii.com/commentisfree/202 I/nov/22/therapist-siiper-I-ichsuccession-billiomires). Another articlc I recently read reported tliat oil billionaires seeiii oblivious to the effect of climate change oil their children aiid grandchildren. Wealth -afflucnza -creates emotional cliscolinection. kills s}/'ii]path}'' and reilifoi.ces trauma.
Traumfl is used to ti.aim soldiers, to structure men ({ind now \vomen as well) to kill dnd to reinforce and pass on to futiire generatjoiis supremacy. Iiierarch}/'` dominance. and discoiinection.
Reiitier capitalism creates imat`t`oi.dable rents t`or many and trickles down homelessness for those who are unable to na\'igate the crisis or li}'per-individiialistic patriarchal struct`ircs. \\`hich arc cmotionally' and spirituall}' a[ienatiiig.
Homelessness fiirther traumatizes people who ha\'e been iinable, throiigh lack of support. to navigate family: school, and work. Driigs and alcohol temper the pain. Honielessness and addiction form a selfreiiiforciiig positive feedback system that destroys health and installs deeper anguish. Systcmic trauma contaminatcs us all as individuals until wc are able to contradict it witli lo\;e. frieiidship, aiid creativit}' in a siippoilive comimiiiity.
I was lucky. I survived depression. my dependenc}' on soft drugs, aiid my addiction to alcohol. Lit`e has also left me deeply sympathetic toward people whose bedrooms arc cardboard on sidewalks with an iimbrella for a roof` and who need drugs to survive their pain. Had m}' terror and trauiiia (and yours) been a bit \`i'orse. I (we) would be walking ill their slioes. Or dead. Counselling: connection with a sober cominu]iity. and learniiig \`Jith creative writing t`riends have helped me regain the emotional health lost in shock by that farm boy many years ago. Living in the Downtown Eas[side, in a mu]ti-racial commumt}i wlth many u/orking-class friends with little mone}', more immiine to the pi.etences of wealth than most, has helped me overcome much of my "imperialist \\'hite-siipremacjst capitalist patriarchy" attitudes and their accompanying racist, sexist, homophobic. classist` and poorbashing. attitudes. It is ongoing lif`elong work with daily challenges that are deepl}/ compelling and lransformative. Gilles C}/'renne
[Honourable Mention-SCMWC|
Stepping Into Sunlight I have time for prayer and meditation. When I start the routine of prayer and meditation I say Thank You God I increase the time without even noticing because it really covers everything. Then I think of what I can be. I don't need to shut myself in a closet to pray.
For an instant, as the prayer continues, I will find GOD thoughts through silence.
Debbie Stowell Krull Quinn Piche
[Recognition for Merit-SCMWC]
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The curren_t zoning is working to build.lng the social housing vie need. lf implemented, this motion could increase
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them to preserve and protect the DEOD far the low income community and not change the 30 year plan. 4. Ifeep your eyes open for.a Carnegie Housing Project Town Hall to plan our response to this motion.
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A (:RATEFUL ARTIST <3 Picking tlp miiterials for c()ncepts Tr} ing ti` free the thoughts of`troub]es Of i.()unting sheep, insomnia` nighlliiat.es
Ti` Leep \/isions. dreams, insriratittn, all To inspire myse]f` cat. plaiits. tlie \`'oi-ld
To hz`ve niore song.i, colours. poems l``rom paper, pi`ncil. paint` rec}'clables
An artist with no means but tri struggle For mearis to gcl b}' Outsider allist` I am Gracefull}. Witli peculia]ities ln-Iitve with The s.idness. iiiadne`s` The gri`atesl da}s Today. To draw. tliiiik. retlect` write. paiiit 'l`he skies blue. or ditrk. Tlie rei`lities. facts
()t`our l].mes. Of spei`ulatictns. Wishes. Acts I'ast better da}'s` \\ell pei`ished. clierished
We tliitught we \\Jould iie\ cr see the elic] TIT \`liat \\'e \\/ei.i` loi.tui`ed \\;ith. Heart-brokeii
Oh. wliat fools the wtirld thought sc`|l.nful]}` (`)t` cturscl\'eLs. o]` oui. [irt, at.tistic practices
Of our owii self-Ieamilig joume} s. still.ies Bi.eathe.11` \\ie think li(`e is hard` at tiiiies
Uiibearable. That aii\' [liii`l skill to hii\c
ln this \\orld` u/e ma} not have. Not enough
A crooked maze at timcq Yilung and lost We were wutchilig our days go by to itld It is what it is. Vv'e \\i'ill sa}' goodbye to tllese
A surprising day, nobody k]iows for our stake Thus. p[iinting. films. Iistening to music help
I see the world with art a much biltter place Thus. I promise tu let this artt`iil i7assion linger
Perpetually. I,tem{ill}J. Ileartfull,v. I am humbled I)reaming again and zigain for Ail's sake. love Peace. Good health. Mi`re adventiirt?s t`1 make I paint. In the iiiiddle ol` the iiight, while the worlil ls a\\iake
ls slec`ping` if`not drinkii`g. pt`t Smoking
The cit} boasl` smelling like skunl\. Just relaxing Rol]mg. Baking. Miinchliig Singing ill the I..Tin
\\''1i.it a \\i()ndert`iil feeling: the welcoming places \Vhat wonders beloiiging, \\J.c`rmth` i}nd fiit bring TI.avi`1s. Inspiriilioli,i. M},steri€s. Bcaiity. Nature 111 realities, dreams. imagimtitlns, love & sti.uggle
I`hmking, `t`or a life as an artist, I am ju.`t grateful ! "
-Mililrcd Grace Geri`iaii
The Witness
Onl\' because ot` his look.
Old Cedar knew too much
Divorcing Bo()ze His tribe means moi`e to him Than his toxic ex M}' people---wtiere are tlie}i?
I le drank tears of his children
witnessed sunsets of their hope Betrayed, destroyed 'l`co much. too dark
Once strong and pure,
what had happend
Now scattered, lost. floating. . .
Our guests tr} to demolish history Replacing, g]osay perfection Soulless machines
Disowned My lai`d---what happened? Once rich, t`erii. evergreens, Now steel glass shithouses
But unresolved past Like splii`ters under callctus
Onl}' buried deeper The pain becoming heirlooms Passed down with shame Wc iiever knew. . .
M}J sisters a]id brothers---wh}J? Iniprlsolled in cellphones
Stopped talkuig to eacli otheiStopped seeii`g ilito oiie. s e.\/'es Vv'liere i` soul I.esides
A cl`ild killecl from ideas
You were our VIP We shared our fond and fire Why did you convict us for your crime? We welcomed you as rrionds Why did you rip apail our family? We brought you medicine and \viedom WThy did }'ou poison us body alid n]md?
Old Cedar spoke to Cloud Find a way lo stop all this ls there a way'
To open the callous And pull out the splint?
Elder Doug Dan of Mt. Cume Long pepper hair, cowboy hat Under his dark wrinkled face, Piercing e}res
A refined Appaloosa spirit
Journey to Vancouver Looking for life Lost, he thought police might help Cold3 he only wanted a light
For h is cigarette Never knew. . .
'lhey bashed his face on the ground Gaged him behind bars Broken bones They shoved their fingers into his ass
Digging for dugs Nothing. C`lean. Humiliated.
ln the name of dreams The old Cedar witi`essed 8}/' Kiiei-ming Lin
[Recognition for Merit-SCMWC]
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From the Library And what a year it has been! While tliis library worker isn`t one for catharsis. I cannot help but ac-count for all that has happened. My notebook is filled to the brim with quotes I .ve heal.d this year, a naughty list, tjtlcs of books to suggest for the library (and read myselfl), and all kinds of joy the recent v\ eeks have brought. It` yctur iiotebook is also brim-ming into new and courageous t`orms (as I know there are a lot of` writers around l`ere) and you want somewhere to soapbox your work,I suggest a new librar}' program coming up in the new year called Writers Showcase at Vancou\ier Public Li-brary`s Central location. Reading your \\/ork out load is a way to not onl}' grab other.s atteiitioii but also to get a sense ot`the flow and sound of your work. If you. re interested, come by tlie Carnegie Branch to hear iiiore about al`d/or ) ou can directly email programs@vpl.ca with tlie subject line "Writ-ers Showcase.. for more details. Speaking of a na`ighty-list` here are sonie books to read from our collectlon to a\'oid that lump of coal Hl yoiir stocking:
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how to \+'ol.k in groiips to make a better world for all. Sometiliies this is liard to iiiiagiiie` so ma}' \vc do better \ty'ith oul. imaginatioiis by leaming iie\i' tools lzumi Suziiki's S'e/ jw}t JJc//r/ (J# F/.rc. I just put a hold oil tli]s one tliat`s on order
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undcrgi.oiiiid club scene in 1970s Tok}io that makes yoii \vant to time ti`avel. The dialogue is oi` poHit Jeiiny Hval 's P/Ir/7chjsc Ji.J/. A debi" no\'el t`rom a bad ass niusician that follows a chai`acter whose lieighteiied senses stall to blur tlie lii`es bet\\ieeii bodies aiid plants. di.eaiiis and \`/'akefulncss Sign me up!
Mahmoiid Dar\lyisli 's A/mt)#(/ B/os,szml.T f7„i/ Be}'oJld. This collection of poeti}' is the last that Dar-wlsh left to the \+iorld` filled witli brief l}'ric poems :iiid tliemes of exile and loss. I higlilight recommeiid his intervie\`Js tc) accompany his poems. Alid fimlly, Nikki Giov.anni`s Co#on Ctt„dyJ o# a J{¢i.w+. I)¢}.. She sadly passed awa.v recently. Her poetry was political and worked to uplift the Bl{ick experience in the arts aiid as part of the Black Arts Move-
nlent. Here's a quote fi-om her to end } our }'ear.
We've got to live in the real world. If_wf don't ljke.the world-we're living in, change it. And if we can't change it, we charige ourselves. We can do something. ~` Danielle (Camcgie Branch Head)