Hello! Yes I have. I’ve actually been working on a memoir which uses the myth and metaphor of the mermaid to evoke dissociation and sexual trauma, body shame, and the agonizing pain of every step I take when my auto immune disease flares up.
The mermaid also, of course, is playful, subversive, openly sexual, kindhearted, and passionate in her vocal defense of her ocean home.
It’s quite a story.