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susanne melanie berry

multi-media artist

about ten years ago, my head hit a rock…super low tide first point. it wasn’t the first time i hit my head. but it was the time i didn’t just bounce back. couldn’t get doctors to listen to me. finally, in yet another attempt, i had a classic exaggerated response, i cried, and finally got a referral to UCLA’s MPAC. took another year to get tested. this was the result.

the doctors and i laughed because i had been honest & present. with my history, it wasn’t a surprise. they did not have a conclusion about the concussion. funny thing though, i did a little research about post menopausal women with adhd and the symptoms overlap with concussions. the timeline links them together and explains why i didn’t just bounce back from that last hit to the noggin.

i immediately got a cognitive behavioral therapy handbook. a lot of the stuff in there i learned working the twelve steps. deep diving back into doing a daily inventory, acknowledging character defects and replacing them with spiritual principles. going for 10 10 10s across the board!

having this new ‘name’ gives me more clarity and understanding of my super powers origin story. hahaha!

#adhd #postmenopause #concussion

about ten years ago, my head hit a rock…super low tide first point. it wasn’t the first time i hit my head. but it was the time i didn’t just bounce back. couldn’t get doctors to listen to me. finally, in yet another attempt, i had a classic exaggerated response, i cried, and finally got a referral to UCLA’s MPAC. took another year to get tested. this was the result.

the doctors and i laughed because i had been honest & present. with my history, it wasn’t a surprise. they did not have a conclusion about the concussion. funny thing though, i did a little research about post menopausal women with adhd and the symptoms overlap with concussions. the timeline links them together and explains why i didn’t just bounce back from that last hit to the noggin.

i immediately got a cognitive behavioral therapy handbook. a lot of the stuff in there i learned working the twelve steps. deep diving back into doing a daily inventory, acknowledging character defects and replacing them with spiritual principles. going for 10 10 10s across the board!

having this new ‘name’ gives me more clarity and understanding of my super powers origin story. hahaha!

#adhd #postmenopause #concussion

“Medicine”, by yours truly*

Noris 22k “American color” gold (German) & silkscreen w/ TW Graphics ink (USA) (used to screen major us skateboard brands).

the hand sign is “medicine” in Plains Indian Sign Language aka Hand Talk. a visual language that overcame spoken language differences between tribes. skating has a physical language understood internationally, no words need to be spoken.

the hand sign is also a peace and victory sign, and a hint of bollocks…a lil bit of skating ethos semiotics 🤓😎

made for ‘Middle of Nowhere’
@adlersmithgallery
1636 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 5/31 thru 7/14
A skateboard art benefit for @montanapoolservice and @officlaament of @pearljam contributed to 40+ skateparks in rural and Native communities in Montana and the Dakotas.

100% of proceeds go to building more. The boards are available through online auction linked thru @adlersmithgallery

it was awesome to walk the show and see works that made me so happy, looking to see who the artist was…making me smile huge to see friends names as well as to find names i didn’t know previously, but def do now!

*dedicated to Andy Kessler

“Medicine”, by yours truly*

Noris 22k “American color” gold (German) & silkscreen w/ TW Graphics ink (USA) (used to screen major us skateboard brands).

the hand sign is “medicine” in Plains Indian Sign Language aka Hand Talk. a visual language that overcame spoken language differences between tribes. skating has a physical language understood internationally, no words need to be spoken.

the hand sign is also a peace and victory sign, and a hint of bollocks…a lil bit of skating ethos semiotics 🤓😎

made for ‘Middle of Nowhere’
@adlersmithgallery
1636 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 5/31 thru 7/14
A skateboard art benefit for @montanapoolservice and @officlaament of @pearljam contributed to 40+ skateparks in rural and Native communities in Montana and the Dakotas.

100% of proceeds go to building more. The boards are available through online auction linked thru @adlersmithgallery

it was awesome to walk the show and see works that made me so happy, looking to see who the artist was…making me smile huge to see friends names as well as to find names i didn’t know previously, but def do now!

*dedicated to Andy Kessler

thirty years ago i was just into thirty years old…and i knew i was powerless over my addiction and that my life was unmanageable. i had tried to overdose but my habit was too big, i’d just nod out. i couldnt pack enough into the needle to do the job. id try to load it up with an amount to not nod out in the first one, and finish it off in the second. but i always came to. i was actually grateful to get arrested. “at some point the disease can be arrested and recover is then possible.” i got out, but had lost my game. third day i called clare in santa monica, and got to walk in the next morning on april 1st, fools day. couldnt have been a more appropriate day. i had came to believe that a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity. I made a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of a power greater than myself. that was the beginning. but I stuck a needle in my arm 51 days later. i claim it as my clean day, because i knew as i started to come down, getting high would never be better than what little i had begun to become being clean. i did everything i was told. ev-er-y-thing. i might fuss a bit, challenge, question, but ultimately found my way through and did it. i knew i had to move forward. i refused to go back to my previous way of living. i was quite the handful. there were sponsors who told their sponsees to steer clear of me, that i wouldn’t make it. it really did take the rest of the village to raise me. there were a handful that really carried me though. funny thing is, they were also deemed the ones who wouldnt make it. if your a handful, your in good company. its okay to question so you can honestly grasp new and different ideas. sometimes you might not get it for a bit. and in those moments, ride on the faith that it has worked for me, and so many others. grasp on to the hands of those who are there for you, let them help hold you up and sometimes pull you though. im still considered a handful and im good with it…said with a smile and a curtsy…and XXX years bitches!!! #honesty #openmindedness #willingness

thirty years ago i was just into thirty years old…and i knew i was powerless over my addiction and that my life was unmanageable. i had tried to overdose but my habit was too big, i’d just nod out. i couldnt pack enough into the needle to do the job. id try to load it up with an amount to not nod out in the first one, and finish it off in the second. but i always came to. i was actually grateful to get arrested. “at some point the disease can be arrested and recover is then possible.” i got out, but had lost my game. third day i called clare in santa monica, and got to walk in the next morning on april 1st, fools day. couldnt have been a more appropriate day. i had came to believe that a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity. I made a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of a power greater than myself. that was the beginning. but I stuck a needle in my arm 51 days later. i claim it as my clean day, because i knew as i started to come down, getting high would never be better than what little i had begun to become being clean. i did everything i was told. ev-er-y-thing. i might fuss a bit, challenge, question, but ultimately found my way through and did it. i knew i had to move forward. i refused to go back to my previous way of living. i was quite the handful. there were sponsors who told their sponsees to steer clear of me, that i wouldn’t make it. it really did take the rest of the village to raise me. there were a handful that really carried me though. funny thing is, they were also deemed the ones who wouldnt make it. if your a handful, your in good company. its okay to question so you can honestly grasp new and different ideas. sometimes you might not get it for a bit. and in those moments, ride on the faith that it has worked for me, and so many others. grasp on to the hands of those who are there for you, let them help hold you up and sometimes pull you though. im still considered a handful and im good with it…said with a smile and a curtsy…and XXX years bitches!!! #honesty #openmindedness #willingness

i refuse to operate from a position of fear. i do become extremely doubtful of myself. i take on what others criticize me for to a, sometimes, crippling degree. i feel like the person crouched naked, trying to bury into themselves protectively, on a deserted plain in that dali painting of a huge unblinking eyeball staring down on the vunerability of it all. but i don’t let myself live there. checking in with others i trust is vital. i take the notes. put my big girl panties on. and sally forth.

“As we’re liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.” -Marianne Williamson

“under the eye”, impossible project sx-70 film by yours truely

i refuse to operate from a position of fear. i do become extremely doubtful of myself. i take on what others criticize me for to a, sometimes, crippling degree. i feel like the person crouched naked, trying to bury into themselves protectively, on a deserted plain in that dali painting of a huge unblinking eyeball staring down on the vunerability of it all. but i don’t let myself live there. checking in with others i trust is vital. i take the notes. put my big girl panties on. and sally forth.

“As we’re liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.” -Marianne Williamson

“under the eye”, impossible project sx-70 film by yours truely

thanks #BarryMcGee for letting me kick it. in the back room. the pit. its cherry. xo

opening tonite wed 2/19 at the Hole Gallery Los Angeles 844 N La Brea Ave. + zine party starts tomorrow…here it comes y’all, ya don’t stop

thanks #BarryMcGee for letting me kick it. in the back room. the pit. its cherry. xo

opening tonite wed 2/19 at the Hole Gallery Los Angeles 844 N La Brea Ave. + zine party starts tomorrow…here it comes y’all, ya don’t stop

woke up under the weather. @crstecykiii came home just after lunch and told me to bundle up and get in the car. for an early valentine cuz we are swamped that week. swung by @taschen for one of their epic sales and got some beautiful books (going on till sunday! GO!), then @ladureeus for macaroons and back home sipping @artofteala earl grey. totally wiped out. back in bed. surrounded by some of my fav things. blissed. #nerdingissexy

woke up under the weather. @crstecykiii came home just after lunch and told me to bundle up and get in the car. for an early valentine cuz we are swamped that week. swung by @taschen for one of their epic sales and got some beautiful books (going on till sunday! GO!), then @ladureeus for macaroons and back home sipping @artofteala earl grey. totally wiped out. back in bed. surrounded by some of my fav things. blissed. #nerdingissexy

david lynch let me know i was ok. see you later. ✨

david lynch let me know i was ok. see you later. ✨

when @crstecykiii and i first started hanging out he would pick me up and we would head out for a destination he had in mind. but what happened along the way was always open. still holds true today. and continues to bind me to him.

up. coffee. on the road. pulled over at @helmsbakery and saw @jacobiie. ran into @each_alone and cruised upstairs for a visit. lunch @fannysrestaurantandcafe. derived thru @academymuseum. over to @lacma for the @simoneyvetteleigh, @suarezfrimkess_official,and #josiahmcelheny exhibits. pit stop @thenewbar. home for Le Samuraï movie on @tcm with @lyresspiritco classico in a cute coupe. deep sleep. sweet dreams.

when @crstecykiii and i first started hanging out he would pick me up and we would head out for a destination he had in mind. but what happened along the way was always open. still holds true today. and continues to bind me to him.

up. coffee. on the road. pulled over at @helmsbakery and saw @jacobiie. ran into @each_alone and cruised upstairs for a visit. lunch @fannysrestaurantandcafe. derived thru @academymuseum. over to @lacma for the @simoneyvetteleigh, @suarezfrimkess_official,and #josiahmcelheny exhibits. pit stop @thenewbar. home for Le Samuraï movie on @tcm with @lyresspiritco classico in a cute coupe. deep sleep. sweet dreams.

Opening Night! Yours truly included!

In Your Presence: A salon exhibition, curated by @possessedhq (thank you Rama and Eli!!!), celebrating the power of connection and presence through a collection of intimate, small-scale works.

Gallery 33
Georgian Hotel
1415 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica
Wednesday, December 18th | 6:30 PM

Artists:
Aaron Axelrod | Alvaro Ilizarbe | C.R. Stecyk Ill | Daniel Duggan | Golnaz Payanil | Gregory Siff | Helmut Newton | Hely Omar Gonzalez | Hunter Blaze Pearson | James Georgopoulos | Jean Nagai | Joann Easter | Julian Whatley | KUJ | Larisa Safaryan | Lili Hayes | Mattea Perrotta | Peter Beard | Rama Mayo | Sepand Danesh | Shepard Fairey | Spencer Mar Guilburt | Steve Kaufman | Susanne Melanie Berry | The Collecteur | Tim Biskup | Torie Zalben

@gallery33sm @thegeorgian @possessedhq

Opening Night! Yours truly included!

In Your Presence: A salon exhibition, curated by @possessedhq (thank you Rama and Eli!!!), celebrating the power of connection and presence through a collection of intimate, small-scale works.

Gallery 33
Georgian Hotel
1415 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica
Wednesday, December 18th | 6:30 PM

Artists:
Aaron Axelrod | Alvaro Ilizarbe | C.R. Stecyk Ill | Daniel Duggan | Golnaz Payanil | Gregory Siff | Helmut Newton | Hely Omar Gonzalez | Hunter Blaze Pearson | James Georgopoulos | Jean Nagai | Joann Easter | Julian Whatley | KUJ | Larisa Safaryan | Lili Hayes | Mattea Perrotta | Peter Beard | Rama Mayo | Sepand Danesh | Shepard Fairey | Spencer Mar Guilburt | Steve Kaufman | Susanne Melanie Berry | The Collecteur | Tim Biskup | Torie Zalben

@gallery33sm @thegeorgian @possessedhq

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