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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.
The Tattoo
Somewhere out there is a young woman whose life has just been derailed by Lyme, unsure if life is still worth living. For her, I write.
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...
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