Locals Before Legends

I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2004. That condition has turned into schizo-affective schizophrenia in more recent years. I spend much of my time in private as I continue to reconnect with old friends in the Kid City area through the internet, twitter mainly (@MilbournChris and @LCLSBFRLGNDS). I find a custom wood built chess board that my uncle made and complimentary custom ceramic made black and white chess pieces a helpful piece of furniture that I rarely touch. I imagine a lot of my old friends and acquaintances from the KC music scene and high school even, represented as spirits within each individual chess piece.

My own spirit needs more social interaction from familiar faces, not intrusive auditory hallucinations and voices. The replacement voices have removed me so much from so many old friends. I find my barbell to have, not a spirit about it that I can pick up, but it does raise my own spirit in reps and exercise. The chess pieces often symbolize a hard headed approach that my old friends in Kid City may have (I guess) towards even trying to put away rumors and lies compiled since I was removed from the social circles I enjoyed so much. I imagine the white chess piece spirits and black chess piece spirits on opposing sides, quiet about my span of high school years in suburban Kid City, and time in the urban middle of Kid City’s music culture.

I utilize Locals Before Legends as a way to upload the creativity that I make in private, and persevere through creativity.

Chris Milbourn, owner Locals Before Legends.