BROKEN CRAYONS - The Missing Chapters

Music, Movies, Poetry, Books  can help BROKEN CRAYONS Begin to MEND AGAIN Feeling moody. Felling depressed. Is nothing going right at this time? What do you do to pull yourself out of the PITS? Some days are Diamonds, Some days are Stones so John Denver wrote and sang years ago Some Days Are Diamonds John Denver When you asked how I've been here without you I'd like to say I've been fine and I do But we both know the truth is hard to come by And if I told the truth that's not quite true Some days are diamonds, some days are stones Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones Some days are diamonds, some days are stones Now the face that I see in my mirror More and more is a stranger to me More and more I can see there's a danger In becoming what I never thought I'd be Some days are diamonds, some days are stones Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone Someti...

So Many Movies Are About Broken Crayons What do most to all movies that Robin Williams starred in have in common? What does Lust for Life or the life of Vincent have in common with Robin's movies? They are all about people broken by events in their lives. Some come back.  Some choose to end their lives rather than fix them or create new lives, or find new Passions. Some go on to live more adventurous and exciting lives no matter how often their lives are broken.  Again and Again they fight back as Robert H. Schuller wrote about in several of his books. For 25 years I read books like this and so many more looking for answers in my life.  Ways to deal with the shit that continually happened in my life: Deaths  Job Losses Failures Divorce Screw Ups Cholera Getting lost  loss of my son loss of my wife loss of my careers, 8 careers to date. loss of a soul mate loss of friends of many types loss of a lover My main go...

FREE writing...Brainstorming....Ideating about the Content Dac These are photos of Dac Crossley (20+ year fellow Harriette Austin student writer friend and myself from earlier this year). photos taken by Paige Mercer Cummings Dac thanks for asking about "HOW's the writing going?" I have several books in process now, normal way of attempting to work creatively,  and I am using individual BLOGS to share the roughs of chapters Motorcycling Around Europe Using a Euro Pass 1977 110 trip to and through 24 countries in the UK Europe, Eastern Europe, Greece and Egypt MELT THEM DOWN a sequel to BROKEN CRAYONS (1995) MY ENDLESS SPRING 2003 trip completely around the northern hemisphere in 84 days So Many Roads Taken,  Maybe Too Many 57+ years, 8 careers, 49 jobs and the one this blog is about BROKEN CRAYONS,  THE MISSING CHAPTERS Broken Crayons as a metaphor or analogy for Hurting or Damaged People Vincent van Gogh and many arch...

What are Broken Crayons? Using colored wax crayons as a metaphor for human beings allows us to explore many things about ourselves and others. Most cultures tend to want people to fit within their cultural boxes. Crayon manufacturers have been manufacturing and selling boxes of many sizes for over a century. 4, 8, 16, 24, 96, 100+ are some of the sizes The variety and number of colors vary with the size of the box and the manufacturer.  But still there is always that BOX. Add to that the manufacturers place paper wrappers around the wax. To protect them? No! Really to advertise the name. Yes manufacturers have tended to give names to their individual colors.  Some are generic.  Some are what artists and art teachers would call them. Most are branded names that the manufacturers have chosen or have selected through contests involving large numbers of faithful customers. In all my years as a crayons user, teacher, an artist or de...

BROKEN CRAYONS - The Missing Chapters While I was initially writing BROKEN CRAYONS in 1994 to be published by Kendal-Hunt I had 3 more chapters in rough form that dealt with the reality that people are often metaphorically, emotionally, psychologically, physical also BROKEN CRAYONS and have trouble functioning or need help or institutionalization like PATCH ADAMS did or the patients in  AWAKENINGS or nearly every single ROBIN WILLIAMS movie he ever starred in. When I shared my roughs for BROKEN CRAYONS two of my mentors and strongest supporters SID & BEA PARNES recommended that I leave out these 3 chapters. Now after 22 years since BROKEN CRAYONS was first published I am finally writing and publishing THE MISSING CHAPTERS focused on human BROKEN CRAYONS Chapter BC 13 Who and What are HUMAN BROKEN CRAYONS? Chapter BC 14 How can professionals help HUMAN BROKEN CRAYONS? Chapter BC 15 How you as a family member, spouse, or friend help HUMAN BROKEN CR...