I fade into my life as it exists at the end of the road, the one where I was once walking but turned around. I write delicately on the page below me, the tip of the pen kneading into paper--hoping the relentless pressure will stop. I watch the ink ooze from the page, dripping blood. I punctured the paper I once relied upon--my beating heart." |
The moment you stand still is when you will finally see; see the wonder, see the hell. Pieces of your existence at your feet, scattered on the ground like clippings, scooting across the earth as the wind changes direction--seasons changing. The death of summer births fall and, at the end, after all the leaves have fallen, the snow comes. " |
Evan Hayden Pullins
Evan Hayden Pullins is an outsider artist from Northwest Indiana. He started to study creative nonfiction at Columbia College Chicago, but chose to live a free-spirited life instead. His first book, Blogging Through Life, was published in 2011.
He lives his life according to his own book of rules; painting, photography, writing, everything creative. He feels alive with the words he writes on his paper, in the brushstrokes of paint in the early morning. He strives to spread the word of knowledge and hope, yearns to find a place of undeniable peace.
He recently published his second book, Trading Forever: A Memoir, which can be found online on Amazon. He describes his style of writing as abstract, a force of unconnected sentences that dissect the raw emotions of existence. He finds inspiration in abstract paintings, collages, and odd sculptures. Somewhere in the void of space he finds his ideas for writing.
Evan's mission in life is to share the experience of mental illness with those unlike him. He has lived with schizophrenia since the age of nine. His raw descriptions of hallucinations and delusions are terrifying and beautiful at the same time. He truly transforms the reader, allowing them to experience the symptoms as he sees them every second of every day.