Dylan James Brock

Jere Baxter, TN

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About

"My name is Bipolar Disorder, and you can call me crazy, but I feel fine. In the minute following my diagnosis, I thought of dipole moments, that strange attraction between water molecules; of Arctic and Antarctic, those protracted polar days; of blues and oranges, color wheel opposites that coded feelings; and of Christ and Antichrist - I contain all good; I contain all evil. So it began at twelve, twelve years ago.
After that I became an alcoholic, and then a recovering alcoholic, all before turning nineteen. But even prior to drinks and drugs, I heard the voice of God playing as clearly in my ears as high fidelity headphones. All this follows from my condition. What doesn't? I've never been Byron, putting myself inside just anyone. That's a symptom I'm grateful to have done without. I, John Lennon Rook, have loved only two women and fucked only one. For as long as I have been manic-depressive, I have been romantic depressive. I waited for love, Gisele. I'm still waiting."

- From "Dry World", a novel by Dylan James Brock written around fourteen songs also by Dylan James Brock