Jane Devin

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Entries Tagged as 'Mental Health'

She Jumps, and Has Her Reasons

June 29th, 2008 · 21 Comments

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Tags: Culture · Fiction/Creative Writing · Health and Wellness · Human Interest · Medicine/Disease · Mental Health

A Failed Intervention

April 27th, 2008 · 12 Comments

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I see her through the clouded lens of decades past, the tiny girl with the weary smile, and the sure, square hands darkened with charcoal and chalk. At nine, she built her world of art on sidewalks and cement walls, springing dark-eyed figures out of marigold fields, and white rabbits out of wishing wells.
She [...]

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Tags: Health and Wellness · Medicine/Disease · Mental Health

A Revolution in C-Major

April 15th, 2008 · 24 Comments

For the last several months, I’ve heard the gospel of “change” preached from pillar to gallows, like a love song to the forlorn and forsaken. I have heard reams of speeches spun with the gold of hope, inspiration and motivation, and a few hundred star-crossed renditions of the American Dream.
The nearly hypnotizing [...]

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Tags: Art · Child Abuse · Crime/Law · Health and Wellness · Human Interest · Medicine/Disease · Mental Health · Politics · Sex/Sexuality