The origin story of my mother's struggle with manic-depression (aka bipolar disorder): the rural prairie in the 1950s, an old boys’ club of “deciders,” a puzzling disease about which little was known. I interviewed my mother in 2000, using a DV camera, but never managed to complete a piece I was satisfied with. After her death, I rephotographed a singular gesture from that video interview onto high con film (Kodak 3378), then developed cyanotypes from and optically-printed (including direct bi-packing with leaves) those sequences onto Kodak 50D. My mother was always willing to discuss her chronic condition, believing that being honest about it might help others who were also struggling with this difficult disease, as well as their families. She achieved what Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, in her essential memoir about the disease "An Unquiet Mind," identified as "insight." Very special thanks to Judith Lit for her suggestions, encouragement and support.