by David Hayward | May 22, 2017 | David's Letters, I'm okay
As most of you probably know, I’m an artist. I don’t just cartoon. I also paint and draw. I’ve been doing it since I was a kid. Now, I always used to draw and paint and just enjoyed it. I thought I was doing it just for the pleasure of it. Yes, as an artist, I get...
by David Hayward | Jun 30, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm okay
This last weekend Lisa and I were invited to a community is Chessetcook, Nova Scotia, to give a talk Saturday night. We have known many of them for years. We were there five years ago. So it was refreshing to see them again. The community meets at the house of John...
by David Hayward | Feb 26, 2015 | Blog
I abandoned everyone. I therefore felt abandoned. Because I was. I became solitary. Like a hermit. Solitude is lonely. It’s supposed to be. But sometimes the loneliness is felt so severely like a cold fog seeping into the marrow of your bones. But solitude and...
by David Hayward | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog
Sometimes I process things by talking about it. Or writing. Articulating it helps me know what it is. Words smith what I’m thinking into shape. One of my most common coping mechanisms is to go distant. Ever since I was a child I remember being told that. “You’re...
by David Hayward | Feb 20, 2015 | Blog
The lion cowers not. I came in like a lamb. I will go out like a lion. For so many years I complied. For so long I restrained myself under the constraints of the expectations and demands of others. In order to keep their peace I kept my tongue. This, I was told, this,...