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Where The Disorders Began
Please say a warm hello to first-time contributor millrick, a man who currently resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Rick’s experience with mood disorders started as a teen in an isolated farmhouse, in an isolated village, in an isolated region of Canada. Having survived his first brush with suicide, Rick went on to a successful career only to have his life derailed by mental illness once again. Forty years later, Rick is rebuilding his life, starting by revisiting his childhood home.
About this photo: “These photographs were taken in Gaspé, Québec, Canada in July of 2014. The series is called “Sunny Bank.” This is where my mood disorders began. The farmhouse hasn’t changed much in the 40 years since I’ve lived there. It hasn’t changed much in the 100 years since it was built. As a teen I couldn’t find a reason for hope. There was no reason to live. Now, though, when I see the sun rise. I can feel hope again.
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Great shots that really capture some strong feelings. Well done.
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Thank you. These are beautiful, evocative photographs.
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I like the feeling these photos impose. They seem like a nod to the series ‘Six Feet Under’. There’s a stillness. Perhaps a feeling of not being able to express yourself. Everything held in. Stifled. That’s what I get anyway. They’re great. I value art / photography that makes me feel.
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fantastic series. beautiful photos, yet the feelings they evoke are feelings of isolation, holding things in, stifled, loneliness. Beautiful and haunting.
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Lovely images that speak from the heart. Thanks for sharing.
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Reblogged this on Are you happy? and commented:
“Rick’s experience with mood disorders started as a teen in an isolated farmhouse, in an isolated village, in an isolated region of Canada.” So I am not the only one!
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I can see your pain in your photographs.
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I see life and continuity. Not an easy one, but a successful one that endures.
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They are wonderful photographs and such a beautiful house but sorry for the pain that was there, hidden behind the beauty!
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Your eyes have picked up such telling details. Must have been very hard feeling hopeless in such an isolated place. I’m glad you’re not in that place, emotionally, any more.
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Reblogged this on Life at the First Floor and commented:
So important to me
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thank you all for your kind words
it’s been very encouraging
rick m
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