Episode 11: Anastasia Watson and Michael Sersch

Send us Fan MailOn today's episode, we talk with artist Anastasia Watson and psychotherapist Micheal Sersch. Anastasia has lived experience of epilepsy and she talks with us about her photographic piece entitled "Liminal Living" which was published in the new issue of the journal. About her photographs she explains: "Through the gift of symbolic language and, later, the visual narratives of film and photography, I have been able to point toward the liminal landscapes of health, hope, and ability. The images explore my experience of access and ability within academia. Within each image, I am using my physical form to embody sensations and struggles occurring within me and amplified by the cultural structures around me."We also chat with psychotherapist Michael Sersch about his thoughts on the US capital attack one year after the event and discuss how we can love the "other." In Michael's article "Demonization and Our Discontent: The Challenge of Loving the Other in the Time of COVID" he explains "I distinctly remember the moment on January 6, 2021 when the US capital was attacked. Previously, I had found myself breathing a little easier since the previous election. I was finding that I was not on the same state of dread and fear, no longer constantly refreshing online news sites. My eye flutter had improved. Patients were no longer coming in and sharing how their own anxiety seemed to be spiraling out of control with the increasingly erratic behavior at the national stage. And then the attack occurred. I struggled to understand what was happening and what was motivating those involved."To read/view their pieces, see the journal here: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/issue/view/2302Follow us on Facebook and/or InstagramRead the Journal