depression Archives - Combustus

<img width="300" height="300" src="https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/zachary-kluckman-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" aria-label="Where the Light Gets In: Slam Poetry Artist Zachary Kluckman on single parenthood, depression, and the power of art-making in community" srcset="https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/zachary-kluckman-e1555695889376.jpg 300w, https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/zachary-kluckman-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Before I knew it, I was working with undocumented students, and people in recovery, activists, artists, even elected officials. All of this because I started writing poetry.

<img width="300" height="296" src="https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ali-Cavanaugh-Thevisitation18x18inches-300x296.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="The Visitation | 18 x 18 | Ali Cavanaugh" aria-label="Just Be Yourself, You Are Wonderful: Modern Fresco Painter Ali Cavanaugh On Finding Forgiveness and Freedom" srcset="https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ali-Cavanaugh-Thevisitation18x18inches-300x296.jpg 300w, https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.109.86/04f.54a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ali-Cavanaugh-Thevisitation18x18inches-e1530898005968.jpg 700w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

The Visitation | 18 x 18 | Ali Cavanaugh

“I know what that is like when you can’t hold it together any longer, when it just all comes down on top of you.”

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