Fifty-Five Ways to Survive

Auteur

Laurier Tiernan is a multifaceted queer artist who divides their time between Tokyo, Japan, and Edmonton, Alberta. Laurier's writing has appeared in major publications across three continents, and as a voice-over artist, their work is featured in numerous TV commercials and three regular programs on NHK, Japan's national broadcaster. A musician as well, Laurier's songs have been broadcast by over 100 radio stations worldwide. Their handwritten poems were featured in "Living While Marginalized", an exhibition of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artists hosted by the Penticton Art Gallery in British Columbia. In the same year, Laurier made their major film debut in the TOHO film "Yokai Daisenso: Guardians" as Dracula. Currently, they host Tiernan depuis Tokyo on CKRP, a French-language community radio station in Alberta.

Texte du rabat

""I spent ten years feeling suicidal but I overcame the depression...I want to give people energy to go forward, regardless of what's thrown at them," says Laurier Tiernan. Fifty-Five Ways to Survive is a poignant collection of poetry and artwork chronicling their journey from profound despair to self-awareness and spiritual connection. Laurier Tiernan shares the experience of life as a hereditary psychic medium, seeing beyond, while grounded in human limitations. These illustrated poems--some of which are translated into French and Japanese--explore resilience, the soul's endless evolution, and the quiet strength it takes to survive .