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#573 Art & Trauma - Michael Namkung

Mental Illness Happy Hour

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The Dinner Table, the Unspoken Truth That Nobody Dares to Mention

Agan: I remember when my dad made, i e after he made a suicide attempt, and he had been released from the psyke ward on the condition that he go immediately to rehab. It was christmas eve, and nobody said a word. Nobody talked about it. We just drove in silence. And i didn't even think that was fucked up until i looked back later. So this is ken. It sort of functions almost as an origin story for me. It's called dinner table. Our siren cries broke the tableau. Only our tear streaked faces held us together. No one seemed able to disturb our care arrangement to get up from our places at the table

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