The Incarceration of John: A powerful post about John's situation from Mary Maddock

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I wanted to create something beautiful for a passionate and soulful man who opened my eyes and my heart... because I wanted to celebrate our love with the world... a love so strong, a love denied, a bond that has survived the unspeakable; labelling, drugging and incarcerating. John reawakened my soul. I am gathering love for him. I no longer wish to be afraid of the trauma truth. I long to speak the poetry of my heart. This blog gives me and John's family and friends a voice in a legal system and a society that has taken our voice away and given exclusive rights and total control over John and his future to psychiatry. We live in an unenlightened world which translates "emotional distress" into "mental disorder". It's time to celebrate diversity and the normality of madness; visions and voices, fragility, sensitivity, passion, overwhelm, the language of the soul, the symbols of the soul and the mythic and metaphorical gifts from the soul. Each of our own unique and creative responses to trauma deserve to be honoured.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

A powerful post about John's situation from Mary Maddock

John is a living example of how toxic chemicals and incarceration can destroy a person's body and spirit.

I met John in Carrigmore concentration camp! and also at Josh's christening. He was quite similar to myself when I attended Claire's christening all those years ago. He was there physically but also far away and not able to be part of the loving community of people who were present.

This is a crime against humanity. How can taking away that which is most precious to all of us, our insight, love, understanding, creativity and most of all our freedom do any good? It leaves a trail of destruction behind it.
This has to STOP. We need to shout it from the mountain tops! STOP, STOP, STOP............................................