Tag: depression
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.
Visual Artist Mark Lloyd says “Art can provide an avenue for self-expression, Art can enable us to realise the truth, art can provide hope and wonder, elements that can provoke change and save lives”.
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”.
Writer and poet Janeen Pergrin Rastall speaks to ASLI “I believe that creative work can inspire people to endure, to have hope and to express their dreams and despairs in a positive way”.
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.”
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”.
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”.
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”.
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”.
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”.
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”.
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