Save Shane

A plea for help.

I live in a small one room building that I built and insulated myself, with my puppy and my moths, in the Canadian wilderness. I create digital art for a living.

I've come to a brick wall in my life. I'm no longer making my bills, have teeth rotting out of my head, and I'm about to fall.

My credit cards are maxed from trying to hold out as long as I can. I am surviving on food entirely donated by my family. A recent huge tax bill I didn't expect hit me (was supposed to get a refund) and.. cards on the table? I had a complete and total mental breakdown.

I used to have so much zeal for doing art.. but as stress and debts got heavier and heavier, I became paralyzed. I kept trying to just draw more. Draw faster. It became joyless at the end.. because I felt no joy in anything at all.

I can't draw myself out of this hole...

I want my soul back.

My major needs are three credit cards, a land tax, and my power bill. I can sustain myself going forward, but I can't sustain myself and dig myself out of this.