#disability arts

[bones-ivy-breath]

Medusa with the Head of Perseus by Torrin A. Greathouse, from Wound From the Mouth of a Wound

[bananarchy4ever]

hello i'll be here slinging my stuff, free entry!!

masks-required/covid-safer event with some air filtration

poster by Scott Lougheed

[creative-cnvlscnc]

I'm here,

I'm here, on tumblr, to leave evidence of my existence as a disabled artist. To document the nuances of self-discovery contained in my creative convalescence. To share in experimental and imperfect ways, aspects of my disabled and neurodivergent experience. Because I dream of a creative practice that connects me with aligned communities of crip artists. Because I want my photos and words to live beyond folders in my computer and apps on my phone. Because I want to press "post" or "submit" somewhere other than grant or application portals. Because I want to try something new, in a new corner of the internet, and feel like I'm fucking doing something. I'm here, I'm sharing, I'm hoping for kindness, I'm manifesting consistency, I'm curious, I'm wary, and I'm committing to resisting the urge to self-edit or self-doubt in this space. Welcome, hello, I'm here<3

[badscienceman]

In order to be disabled, one must narrate one's disability for others in sweeping strokes or hushed tones. And this narration must inevitably show how we conquer our disabilities or how they eventually conquer us.

Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse by David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder

[in-visibleproject-blog]

Dermatillomania. [Image: Colour photograph of a fat, white nonbinary person. They are standing in front of a bare yellow wall and behind a blue counter. They have short blonde hair parted on their right side and they are wearing bright red lipstick. They are resting their elbows on the edge of the counter and cupping their chin in their hands. Their bare arms are covered in small purple bruises, the result of skin-picking. The photo is saturated, with a high offset, so the colours appear vivid but also slightly washed out.]

[bones-ivy-breath]

Medusa with the Head of Perseus by Torrin A. Greathouse, from Wound From the Mouth of a Wound

[bones-ivy-breath]

"The socially imposed relationship between marginalized populations and 'inferior' biology situates disability studies in proximity to other minority approaches (to study). Like these other identity-based areas of inquiry, disability studies challenges the common ascription of inferior lives to persons with physical and cognitive differences."

— Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse by David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder