Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and ME

Existing with the horrors and invisibility of M.E. I am a skeptic, non-theist, artist/writer and horribly ill. Literary journal, "The Closet Door" is seeking contributions -. short fiction, non-fiction, poetry and visual art, for and about, invisibility - illnesses, LGBT, atheism/secularism - anything about stepping out of the closet and giving yourself a voice. Send work to: theclosetdoorpress@gmail.com. Soon to be a website accepting original music and soundscapes.

MAIL ART CALL

Please send me, in any media, up to letter size if paper, or if 3D media (clay, metal, etc), send photos, and/or a collage of photos/mixed media:

1) PAIN - your ideas of the insanity of pain (any kind), of the medical system, abusive doctors, pharmaceuticals, people who just don't "get" you because you are ill and/or invisible (wheelchair vs. unseen illness - lupus, fibromyalgia), or LGBT - coming out of the closet, or not yet out. And please understand - I am in NO way equating illness with sexual orientation or gender identity. This is about feeling invisible and in pain.

2) RELATIONSHIPS - the worst "significant" others in your life - your incompatible partner(s), estranged family, terrible "friends", failed marriages, abusive relationships, etc. Because I am a female, I like to see your artistic renderings of the awful men in your life - or out of your life....! Because of my recent experience, I'd like to see your take of the aftermath of rape. Because I was raped, my former partner decided to trash all the mail art I received over the last two years and force me into homelessness - but it didn't stop me from living - in fact, I have more ideas with which to work now. But I sincerely apologize for your lost art!

3) FOR ANIMALS LOVERS - animals adopting one another, animal rescues, and, even though these are extremely difficult to see - neglected and/or abused animals. If you do photography, design a project out of your photos to portray juxtapositions - scenes that make you look twice, shake your head, have to think - the extraordinary.

I've received awesome mail art on these subjects, so please keep them coming, along with your own art calls and I'll send you whatever my foggy brain screams to be let out. I will be posting your art, crazy as it is, either on this blog, or in the upcoming "Closet Door" literary and visual arts' journal. As soon as the website is up, I'll be looking forward to your original music and/or sounds.

Let me know if you want your mail art project/call sites added to this site too.

Send to:

Deanna Hart

RR 1 Site 1 Comp 79

Onoway, AB

T0E 1V0

Canada