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Category: Depression

October 5, 2015October 5, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan

Debs Carter wants to help women share their stories with one another, as she has about her struggles with depression, connecting each other through her amazing organisation The Touch Network.

September 28, 2015September 28, 2015hamad1981

Illustrator, animator and writer Andreea Stan says art saves lives “There were situations when I felt that my art was the only thing I had and it kept me going, it didn’t let me give up”.

September 7, 2015September 7, 2015hamad1981

Artist Jessica Caudery “Writing, painting and drawing directly and indirectly became a way to express my emotions. It is difficult to say to what extent art has saved my life but it has been a constant positive, something which has perhaps kept me afloat during times of stress, anxiety and mild depression”.

September 2, 2015September 2, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan

ASLI Artist Louise Tomkinson states: “to me, “art saves lives” means having the power to use the language of art, as art is strong enough to pull someone back from the brink, therefore becoming the voice which enables art to create change”.

September 1, 2015September 2, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan

ASLI Team Member Becky Saunders “My journey in a nutshell” – Mental Illness, Health and Recovery

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015hamad1981

Visual Artist Lynn Excell speaks about grief, depression and staying creative: “‘Art Saves Lives’ to me, means that art is a way of helping to heal us when we are broken”.

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan

ASLI Speak to Artist Mistresslisa Taylor about mental health and art in which she states, “Hand on my heart, art has saved my life. Without it I would be dead”.

September 1, 2015September 15, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan

Debra-Lynn Hook speaks to ASLI about her photography, mental illness and her inspiring mission; The Healing Body Image Project, “If photos help one of our women progress one step forward on her healing path, that is change worth noting”.

August 31, 2015August 31, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan

Artist Emma Phillips has Borderline Personality Disorder and tells ASLI “my work is hard hitting and I do feel the messages within my work could help create change how others perceive mental illness”.

August 30, 2015August 31, 2015hamad1981

Poet Tim Evans tells ASLI “Art can be comforting and cathartic. It can also challenge us, in a very visceral way, to look at the world and our attitudes to it in a new light and reconsider our thoughts and actions. In those ways, I think, art can both save lives and create change”.

August 26, 2015August 26, 2015hamad1981

Bipolar poet and visual artist Tracy Henham says ““Art saves lives” and “art creates change” are two very true statements in my eyes, art saved my life and through art I have managed to change my circumstances, my way of thinking and personal goals. Without Art I would not be here on this planet”.

August 18, 2015October 15, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan

John Ledger is a visual artist who uses his art to commentate on social/political issues. Speaking to ASLI about his own mental health and our worlds general malaise, John states “Our UK government is making life harder for the majority, under the word ‘austerity’. It is doing the opposite of helping people, because they are, making the problems that harms mental well-being worse”.

August 15, 2015August 17, 2015lisareeveart

Despina Skordilis speaks of her poetry and depression “Art saves lives and can create change as it has saved me many times, resuscitated me, brought me back to life”

August 12, 2015August 27, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan

Poetry and writing from Artist Ethar Hamid who tackles mental illness with creativity

August 12, 2015August 27, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan

Writer Ethar Hamid finds inspiration in her mental illness and says “the issue of mental wellness is not one of being forever free from mental distress, but one of coping with and thriving despite of mental health issues”.

August 4, 2015August 27, 2015lisareeveart

Bipolar Sufferer Catherine Williams “I cannot write happy poems, it does not work with my moods”.

August 1, 2015August 4, 2015lisareeveart

“Depression can be a fatal illness and this is often forgotten.” Dave Hubble speaks to ASLI about the effects of domestic violence towards children and how his poetry aims to end the silence.

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    • Illustrator, animator and writer Andreea Stan says art saves lives “There were situations when I felt that my art was the only thing I had and it kept me going, it didn’t let me give up”.
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