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Call for Submissions – Call for Artists for NEW ASLI Campaign; Capitalism, Poverty and War. Get Involved & create change.
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.
Indian visual artist Sravanthi Juluri speaks to ASLI, “my work has been a major source of healing in my life. I never thought my art could actually help women in distress to come out in the open about the abuse they have faced and open up a platform to raise our voices and say no to violence against women”.
Musician and composer Shell Dooley speaks about music as therapy “I think creative expression is one of the best forms of therapy. It gives an individual a chance to communicate feelings that may not be able to come out in other forms. It can also be very calming and provide a focus and stability”.
Andrea Ballance is a survivor of the Buddhist group NKT and tells ASLI “I have lived through PTSD and RT (religious trauma). I feel that I have something to say that can help people. I feel art in all its facets has an important role to play in an individual’s health and the health of our whole society”.
Esi Yankey speaks to ASLI about domestic violence and PTSD and says “I am firmly committed to speaking up on topics that too many people remain silent on.”
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”.
Visual Artist Maz Fietz tells ASLI “I have used my art to raise awareness to stop the stigma of suicide and mental illness. My aim is to catch people’s attention through my art and create that change that could help save a life”.
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”.
Artist and writer Chris Dean speaks to ASLI about her mental illness, creativity and recovery and says “Art can give a voice to the things we can’t find the words to say. Those feelings that are so big, they feel like they might tear us to pieces from the inside out”.
My Life Asleep By Sadie Kaye – The Story Of A Double Life
Bipolar Sufferer Catherine Williams “I cannot write happy poems, it does not work with my moods”.
Being a Professional with Mental Illness: Misconceptions, Stigma and Facing Prejudice
Congratulations to our Team Member Lisa Reeve on Getting a job with Solent Mind Portsmouth Support & Recovery Service
ASLI launch new campaign and call for artists – Mental Illness, Mental Health and Recovery
Editor’s Letter – Issue 1 – Celebration of Women
Sadie Kaye ” to me ASLI is a call to action for artists to value themselves as instruments of social change”.
My art is female centric because I am a woman and my purpose is to express and inspire expression
ASLI MAGAZINE - creating change 