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START HERE: Building an online library/archive of resources around the complex relationship between art and mental health
A guide to understanding what Create Me Free is all about, why I do the work that I do, what it means when you choose to support this work.
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Music and Mental Health in Magazines: Revolver Spring 2024
"Smith wrote the songs in her bedroom, transmuting her feelings into furiously immediate tirades. A kind of therapy. A cleanse." - Emma Madden on…
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Art and Mental Health Links are Back
Your weekly digest of a niche of this astounding Substack writing community and some elaboration, connections, and hopefully community-building
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Exciting Upcoming APICC Events in San Francisco
Creatively exploring themes of loss, resilience, cultural identity, community engagement, and Be(long)ing Here
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Isa Genzken: A Half Century of Prolific, Innovative Art and Openness on Bipolar Symptoms
“She has always courted danger, with predictable results—the life force and the death wish are at odds in her.” - Judith Thurman on Isa Genzken
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Dancing About Bipolar: A Selection of Videos
There are so many different mediums to explore, express, explain ourselves. Here are some that I found on YouTube in which people are dancing about the…
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Tip: Create a "Brag Book" To Keep You Inspired When You're Losing Your Way
It's easy to get lost when looking forward and trying to plan a creative career; remember to look back sometimes and learn from yourself - you already…
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16 Writers/Artists/Thinkers Share Book Recommendations
Along with suggestions for photographers, music, documentaries and more that are worth checking out in the realm of art+mental health
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Akmaral: Author Interview with Novelist Judith Lindbergh
"Imagine a culture where women didn’t have to prove their value or their strength, where they didn’t have to fight for their right to personhood, where…
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Slow Crafting: An Interview with Writer/Artist Yarrow Magdalena
"I find it therapeutic to have reminders of my ability to create and recreate around me."
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Create Me Free
Create Me Free
Honoring art as therapy and catharsis while exploring the shadow side of how mental health challenges impact creative process, medium, content, productivity, identity and business and exploring how this intersects with social and cultural issues.
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Weekly Link Digest: Art and Mental Health
From The Books I'm Reading About Art and Mental Health
What's True For Me Right Now - Personal Updates
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