Blood Lines
Kristin BarendsenDrawings and writings around leukemia, somatic empathy, ancestral estrangement, and other heavy (but redemptive) shit
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Two Legs, One Animal
It started as a bone-deep ache where the back of my right thigh meets its respective butt cheek. By Day 3, my sciatic nerve was smoldering all the way to my foot. When, on Day 5, I twisted before the bathroom mirror, anticipating only the g...
A Father's Day Call
Today is the third Father’s Day since my dad left his body. I’m remembering the Father’s Days we’d spent hiking in the Colorado mountains or traveling to a remote spot with my brother Eric and Sultan the giant white Lab. I’m remembering the...
The Body Ecstatic
I’ve just returned from a week at CUYA, the Cuyamungue Institute, immersed in a practice that, among other things, helped me heal from leukemia. I wanted to give you a taste of the Cuyamungue method of Ritual Postures and ecstatic trance....
No Vanity, Just Survival
One thing you can say about chemo: It changes who looks back at you from the mirror.
She might hide her smooth mannequin skull under a pink party wig. Her caved-in cheeks might illustrate a new and exciting dermatological condition each d...
Re-Mission
I remember the moment three years ago today when I picked up the phone.
“Negative,” the nurse said, flatly.
“Negative,” I repeated back, dazed. Then, “Fuck yeah!!” followed by an apology for cursing. The nurse seemed unsure why I would dr...
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