My creative process is a bomb defusal in a crowded room where the people keep wandering by to peek over my shoulder.
Author: amynotdorft
Tomorrow
My every day is balanced on the knife point of panic.
Because the universe is not obligated to tell me of your passing
One moment you will be hereand the next you will be gone.There is a line somewhere,as fine as spider's silk,that divides a world with youfrom a world without.I am afraid of stepping overthat near-invisible crackwithout even noticing,until I look backand find it has growninto a canyon. Photo by MARIOLA GROBELSKA on Unsplash
Media That’s Getting Me Through the Pandemic
In a recent post, I talked about how I've spent the last year on hiatus coping with anxiety and depression. I did eventually get some much needed help for these challenges, but with the ongoing strains of the pandemic, I wanted to share some of the stuff I've been reading, watching, playing, and listening to … Continue reading Media That’s Getting Me Through the Pandemic
I want to talk about anime, not what I do all day.
I am the shadow of my motherhood.I am what comes after the stroller,so that you already knowthe shape of mebefore you've really looked. I am cast with the waking of the sun,and warp around demandsmuch bigger than the mouths that make them,stretching and shrinking as needed. So please excuse my melodramaticsand the volume of my … Continue reading I want to talk about anime, not what I do all day.
I am here.
So I've been on hiatus for... a while. I'm okay. I wasn't okay. But I'm mostly okay now. I've had depression and anxiety for a very long time, but there's always been a good reason to push it aside. To tell myself that I'll be alright as long as I keep moving. That I don't … Continue reading I am here.
Black Lives Matter
Coming out of hiatus briefly because... however small my platform may be... I have the responsibility to use it for what is right. Everything I have to say has already been said, but what I want to focus on in this moment is: SILENCE. Don't be silent -- use your voice, your time, and your … Continue reading Black Lives Matter
Life On Hold
I've gotten nothing done. I had a series I fully intended to write, multiple things I have talked about recording and releasing... and the bare truth here is that I simply haven't done it. I have a pocket full of excuses -- I have two kids, a schedule that leaves me with around an hour … Continue reading Life On Hold
A Conversation (Hyperlink Poem)
(Click each blue response to see the truth.)
Thoughts at 1 am
This is for the moms whose vacations were taken in the aisles of grocery stores, at the tables of cafés, in efficient trips to the shopping mall or gym.
Amy Notdorft 