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He Opened Not His Mouth

TW: Religious Abuse | The deadly consequences of silence

Upcycled Storage Tutorial: Re-Misson by Joyclam

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle old VHS storage drawers into chic and affordable studio, classroom, office, or home storage

Happy Tickaversary - Year 8: Moving

This Tickaversary post is purposely, joyously, and miraculously late. I had a feeling long ago that it might be, and I began so many...

Mochirella - vegan, dairy-free, nut-free, soy-free, gluten-free, 3-ingredient mozzarella sticks

"Mochirella" - Homemade dairy-free mozzarella sticks without gluten, soy, corn, nuts, or preservatives

This Leaf

This Leaf | A Poem by Joyclam

Shangri-La (RE-MISSION Collection)

A floral arrangement from recycled materials and lost inheritance

Happy Tickaversary - Year 7: The Monastery of St. Borrelia and The Existential Crisis

Can I respect everything in its season – winter, exhaustion, rest, grief? Can I honor Sabbath, transition, liminal spaces, unknowing?

Hollowgraphy

Post-Coronial dystopia

Én Hazám (My Homeland)

2022 | digital media

Prisoners of War

In the war at home, I honor the sanctity of grief. My grief. Their grief. Your grief. Our grief.

Antidepressants, Withdrawal, and Other Scary Stories

Tricks and Treats for Getting Off Antidepressants (not-medical advice from not-a-doctor)

Happy Tickaversary - Year 6: Re-Mission

What remission from chronic Lyme is NOT is a sudden restoration to 100% health. A new life is here. And there’s no road map. Now what?

Remember Me

If I am to remember God's love in my darkest times, I would ask Him to remember what it's like to grieve so hard you drown the whole world.

Happy Tickaversary - Year 5: The Weight and the Waste

I’m in a new territory – the “Remission Purgatory” as I call it. A space in between sick and healthy.

When God Shows Up

If I want to heal, know God, and be restored sevenfold, what should I expect but a whirlwind? When God sends a plague, it sets people free.

I in Christmas

Keeping the Christ in Christmas is not nearly so important... as keeping the I in Christ.

It's Not A Wall, It's A Door

2020 | assemblage | 75" x 35" x 9"

Cellular Biology

2020 | installation | medical paraphernalia | 24" x 69" x 45"

Happy Tickaversary - Year 4

I can’t believe it’s “only” been 4 years since the “Summer of the Ticks.” It seems like a lifetime ago. In many ways it was – I am a...

Happy Tickaversary - Year 3

People think of recovery as tomorrow being better than yesterday, every day, every week, a little stronger. But Lyme-MSIDS recovery, like th

Happy Tickaversary! Year 2

Instead of lamenting the weekend I found the tick that changed it all, I will celebrate surviving thus far!

Job's Daughter - Part 2: Back to Job

There is a time to break down. There is a time to weep. There is a time to mourn. There is a time to be silent. Take it, and have peace.

Job's Daughter - Thoughts on Dying Young

I need to realize the self-fulfilled purpose of merely existing. I was created. I lived. He was glorified. It is finished.

So I Have Lyme Disease

I’m entering my 5th month of treatment for Lyme disease (suspected 10th month of infection), and I’m having a rare “good week” when I...