Comments for Sarkin http://jsarkin.com Jon Sarkin's Digital Presence Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:59:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Mackerel by sheila torres http://jsarkin.com/news/photos/mackerel/comment-page-1/#comment-123 sheila torres Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:59:17 +0000 http://jsarkin.com/?p=1214#comment-123 tried this before...not sure it will go this time either. i picked up the book about you by Nutt at the library. with me it was an artery in the middle of the brain. bad odds but her i am. stilted voice but can type. still don't know who i am but remember better who i was and like the new me better. best wishes to you...i cried when i read what you go through, me to. Sheila tried this before…not sure it will go this time either. i picked up the book about you by Nutt at the library. with me it was an artery in the middle of the brain. bad odds but her i am. stilted voice but can type. still don’t know who i am but remember better who i was and like the new me better. best wishes to you…i cried when i read what you go through, me to. Sheila

]]> Comment on JIM’S CONFUSION by Bibi Ballinger http://jsarkin.com/poetry/jims-confusion/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Bibi Ballinger Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:48:05 +0000 http://jsarkin.com/?p=1135#comment-83 I am the opposite of you and just like Jim. Makes me crazy-laughs! I am the opposite of you and just like Jim. Makes me crazy-laughs!

]]> Comment on JIM IN KANSAS by Moon http://jsarkin.com/poetry/jim-in-kansas/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Moon Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:10:00 +0000 http://jsarkin.com/?p=1145#comment-77 wow, this is fantastic. it's so accurate and bright, and stops in exactly the right place.. I am so happy and excited to have found your art/writing wow, this is fantastic. it’s so accurate and bright, and stops in exactly the right place.. I am so happy and excited to have found your art/writing

]]> Comment on Concept Video for Guster’s Do You Love me by Guster – “Do You Love Me” Video « wekureburns http://jsarkin.com/news/concept-for-gusters-do-you-love-me/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Guster – “Do You Love Me” Video « wekureburns Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:16:15 +0000 http://jsarkin.com/wordpress/?p=568#comment-75 [...] paintings cluttered with words and images.  You can watch Carlberg pitch the idea for the video here.  Sarkin was features on ABC’s Medical Mysteries, which you can see here. Share [...] [...] paintings cluttered with words and images.  You can watch Carlberg pitch the idea for the video here.  Sarkin was features on ABC’s Medical Mysteries, which you can see here. Share [...]

]]> Comment on contact by Hierophantom http://jsarkin.com/contact/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Hierophantom Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:07:22 +0000 http://jsarkin.com/wordpress/?page_id=11#comment-73 "Is some of your work channeled?" Nice work and "keep open" ;) “Is some of your work channeled?” Nice work and “keep open” ;)

]]> Comment on contact by Seth M. http://jsarkin.com/contact/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Seth M. Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:22:10 +0000 http://jsarkin.com/wordpress/?page_id=11#comment-70 Mr. Sarkin- i'm 15 years old and I just read the book, Shadows Bright as Glass. I just wanted to say that for the first time, I identified very strongly with the emotions and feelings expressed in a book. I had felt a similar, though not as strong, urge to create pictures and art, but I didn't know how or why. Now I can let go of structure more easily, and paint or draw whatever comes to mind. Thanks for the inspiration! Mr. Sarkin-
i’m 15 years old and I just read the book, Shadows Bright as Glass. I just wanted to say that for the first time, I identified very strongly with the emotions and feelings expressed in a book. I had felt a similar, though not as strong, urge to create pictures and art, but I didn’t know how or why. Now I can let go of structure more easily, and paint or draw whatever comes to mind. Thanks for the inspiration!

]]> Comment on JIM AND YOU by Hannah http://jsarkin.com/poetry/jim-and-you-2/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Hannah Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:56:35 +0000 http://jsarkin.com/?p=972#comment-68 Mr. Sarkin, I just finished reading the book about you. I am so proud of you. It sounds odd, but I envy you, a little - I am too left-brained for my own good, and reading about you has shown me that I should try harder, if only for the amazing things that will be brought to me. Thank you for being who you are. Mr. Sarkin, I just finished reading the book about you. I am so proud of you. It sounds odd, but I envy you, a little – I am too left-brained for my own good, and reading about you has shown me that I should try harder, if only for the amazing things that will be brought to me. Thank you for being who you are.

]]> Comment on MICK RAYWALD by Rick Maywald http://jsarkin.com/poetry/mick-raywald/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Rick Maywald Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:59:15 +0000 http://jsarkin.com/?p=998#comment-63 Mick ain't Dog and Dog Ain't Mick and Mick doesn't hate Dog except being called Dog then Mick gets mad. Still, it ain't hate and Mick learns Dog knows Mick better sometimes than Mick knows Dog. Mick ain’t Dog and Dog
Ain’t Mick and Mick doesn’t
hate Dog except being called
Dog then Mick gets mad.
Still, it ain’t hate and Mick
learns Dog knows Mick better
sometimes than Mick knows Dog.

]]> Comment on Culture Lab: From Stroke Survivor to Compulsive Artist by Barb Schoeman http://jsarkin.com/news/culture-lab-from-stroke-survivor-to-compulsive-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Barb Schoeman Sun, 22 May 2011 00:29:22 +0000 http://jsarkin.com/?p=994#comment-62 Hello! I had a brain stem stroke last year which left me with one usable hand. I have started a blog to help people get ideas about how to go through life doing all the things they love to do with a single hand. If you would like to contribute your ideas (NO MONEY!) to the blog, it would be most appreciated. The address is http://www.thesinglehandedlife.blogspot.com/. Please contact me with any questions or feel free to blog away! Barb Hello! I had a brain stem stroke last year which left me with one usable hand. I have started a blog to help people get ideas about how to go through life doing all the things they love to do with a single hand. If you would like to contribute your ideas (NO MONEY!) to the blog, it would be most appreciated. The address is http://www.thesinglehandedlife.blogspot.com/. Please contact me with any questions or feel free to blog away! Barb

]]> Comment on Tormented By Genius – full video by Hannah http://jsarkin.com/news/tormented-by-genius-full-video/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Hannah Sat, 21 May 2011 01:47:05 +0000 http://jsarkin.com/?p=691#comment-61 I was first introduced to Jon's astonishing story about five months ago. I watched everything on the internet that I could find about him, continuously mesmerized by his strength and the unbelievable complexity of the human brain. What makes us who we are? And more importantly how do people overcome traumatic changes? Four months ago, after a 12 year struggle with my own mental health I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. New medications along with a series of electroconvulsive therapy left me with severe cognative impairments, memory loss and retrograde amnesia. I am finding out every day more and more things that my mind had somehow lost. Jon's story and how much it had touched me was just one of those things that was gone.....until I had the smallest inkling of memory one day that I knew I needed to get online and rewatch his amazing story. My doctors can't seem to explain why I am where I am at the moment. Nor can they predict if the things I have lost will return. I am simply amazed by the human brain. And I am given hope by Jon's story and his acceptance at his new life. It may not be the life that he had picked, but it is the life that has picked him. He is truly inspirational. And I am extremely grateful that he is willing to put himself out there....Thank you Jon. I was first introduced to Jon’s astonishing story about five months ago. I watched everything on the internet that I could find about him, continuously mesmerized by his strength and the unbelievable complexity of the human brain. What makes us who we are? And more importantly how do people overcome traumatic changes?

Four months ago, after a 12 year struggle with my own mental health I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. New medications along with a series of electroconvulsive therapy left me with severe cognative impairments, memory loss and retrograde amnesia. I am finding out every day more and more things that my mind had somehow lost. Jon’s story and how much it had touched me was just one of those things that was gone…..until I had the smallest inkling of memory one day that I knew I needed to get online and rewatch his amazing story.

My doctors can’t seem to explain why I am where I am at the moment. Nor can they predict if the things I have lost will return. I am simply amazed by the human brain. And I am given hope by Jon’s story and his acceptance at his new life. It may not be the life that he had picked, but it is the life that has picked him. He is truly inspirational. And I am extremely grateful that he is willing to put himself out there….Thank you Jon.

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