{"id":816,"date":"2016-05-28T12:16:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T12:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehamiltongalleryonline.com\/blog\/?p=816"},"modified":"2016-06-03T11:47:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T11:47:39","slug":"book-release-social-activist-performance-artist-to-do-afsp-out-of-the-darkness-walk-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehamiltongalleryonline.com\/blog\/?p=816","title":{"rendered":"Book Release: Social Activist Performance Artist to do AFSP Out of the Darkness Walk NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 4th in NYC after the release of his 4th book \u00a0Peace Out Poems about My Abnormalities Normality<\/a>\u00a0social activist performance artist ~Keith Alan Hamilton~\u00a0will do his 2nd AFSP Out of the Darkness Walk in 2 weeks. As he did\u00a0recently with his friend Madeline Sharples in San Francisco, Keith will again do this walk as a part of Team S.O.L.E.S. Keith’s walking partner for NYC, Regina Walker isn’t\u00a0able to do the walk as she had planned. Both Regina and\u00a0Madeline added their\u00a0own contributions to Keith’s\u00a0book published by Inner Child Press. Buy now http:\/\/www.innerchildpress.com\/keith-alan-hamilton.php<\/a><\/p>\n

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Keith summaries the book as follows……. \u00a0The ups and downs of a super charged mind \u2013 depression and notions of life\u2019s end, socially embedded predispositions and inhibitions brought back to light out of the darkness. \u00a0To create dialogue and nurture a cooperative, PRO-HUMAN spirit that emerges a healing for the continuance of a more PROACTIVE life. \u00a0Artistically expressed through Images with Words by social activist, mystic, performance artist \u00a0~Keith Alan Hamilton~ \u00a0Dedicated to Madeline Sharples, her son Paul, Regina Walker, her sister Dolores, Team S.O.L.E.S \u2013 those they remember, and the AFSP Out of the Darkness Walks.<\/em><\/p>\n

Keith\u00a0needs to raise a $1,000.00 for this\u00a016 mile walk. If you donate to the June 4th NYC\u00a0Out of the Darkness Overnight walk, Keith will send you a signed copy of his book for free. \u00a0Regina and Madeline will sign the book as well. A portion of the proceeds for each book sold will be donated to the AFSP.<\/p>\n

Donate for the NYC walk here…… \u00a0http:\/\/theovernight.donordrive.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=17468<\/a>\u00a0a part of Team S.O.L.E.S.<\/a> (Captain Deborah Rose<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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As a social activist performance artist, Keith\u00a0will be creating and walking as a body metaphor by wearing a blue AFSP shirt, and underneath dark clothes with\u00a0a hood. This will symbolize the transitional process \u2013 to bring back to light out of the darkness, to air out, and confront through the healing process of dialogue, those inhibitions and predispositions that cast a dark shadow over those\u00a0who struggle with mental conditions (depression, Bi-polar), thoughts of suicide or suffer from the loss of someone to suicide.<\/p>\n

Come out and cheer them\u00a0on…..<\/p>\n

Below two poems from the book Peace Out Poems about My Abnormalities Normality.<\/p>\n

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brought to light<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

thoughts of suicide
\nhidden in the shadows \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 running
\naround and around
\nin a darkened mind
\nthat’s socially conditioned
\nto think it is possessed
\nby a demon
\nresistent to exorcism \u00a0….
\nwith a fear of discovery
\nof what others may think
\nhow others may react
\nthoughts of repercussion like \u00a0 \u00a0~
\nloss of\u00a0job
\nbeing committed
\nto an insane asylum
\nreputation
\nwill be tarnished
\nwith the lingering stench
\nof the label
\nmentally ill
\nbranded across the\u00a0forehead
\nput
\nin a straight jacket
\nget electroshock therapy
\nbe held
\ncaptive in a drug induced
\ncoma
\nand hear
\nwhispers in the night
\nof words like \u00a0 \u00a0~
\nbi-polar
\nseverely depressed
\nlost soul<\/p>\n

if only
\nif only
\nthoughts of suicide
\nheld secretly in a mind
\ncould be brought to light
\nout of the darkness
\nbe heard
\nwithout judgement
\nor fear of repercussion
\nand then helped to turn
\nsuch thoughts
\ninto a life worth living
\na mind
\nfilled to the\u00a0brim
\nwith\u00a0thoughts \u00a0…..
\n….. \u00a0 \u00a0overflowing\u00a0with love
\nhope and joy
\nforevermore<\/p>\n

peace out<\/p>\n

Image & Words by \u00a0 \u00a0~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n

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I’m a survivor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I’m a survivor
\nwho travels
\nfrom darkness to light
\nor from the light
\nto darkness
\nfully experiencing
\nall the shades of gray
\nbetween the two
\nat times
\nthis journey
\ncalled life
\ncan be lonely
\nand sad
\neven though
\nothers are around
\nridden with doubt
\nfear and conflict
\nshadowed
\nwith the possibility of
\nlife’s end
\nhowever
\nsuch moments
\nof affliction
\noffer up
\nthose opportunities
\nfor courage
\nand a chance for
\na renewal
\nof self worth and purpose
\na coming out of
\nthe darkness
\nthat gleefully brings
\nthe spirit of
\njoy and hope
\nback for a while
\nas bright as
\nthe sun
\nnot to be eclipsed
\nby the moon<\/p>\n

I’m a survivor<\/p>\n

peace out<\/p>\n

Image & Words by \u00a0 ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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