Answer In Images: Art and Mental Health Interview with Saxxon

Because I love words but sometimes we don’t have the words or there aren’t right words or the words aren’t enough … sometimes we can share our experiences best in images. Saxxon does so magically ...

I am very excited about this new series of visual interviews about the complex relationship between art and mental health. I love words but sometimes we don’t have the words or there aren’t right words or the words aren’t enough … sometimes we can share our experiences best in images.

I launched this series recently with Sue Clancy and I’ve been eagerly awaiting other people to join in. Want to share your own responses to questions about the relationship between art and mental health? You can answer a visual interview here or answer in words here.

Today, I am thrilled to share this visual interview with Saxxon! Saxxon is an artist-writer-musician and author of the book Suburban Gargoyle. And is on Substack here: Saxxon’s Newsletter

What does the term mental health mean to you?

All images in this post belong to Saxxon

What does your own history of mental health look like?

What does creativity mean to you?

How have mental health symptoms impacted your creative process?

How have mental health symptoms impacted the content of your creativity?

In what ways have mental health symptoms impacted your creative medium?

How have mental health symptoms impacted your productivity as an artist?

How have mental health symptoms impacted your self-perception / identity as an artist?

In what ways have mental health symptoms impacted the perception of you as an artist by others - your experiences of stigma and discrimination, your experiences in groups of artists, etc …

What does the relationship between art and money look like for you?

What does the relationship between art and work look like for you?

How is art therapeutic/cathartic/healing for you?

How has art hindered/harm your mental health? Or been complicated vs. all positive?

In summary, for you, what is the relationship between art and mental health?

After completing the earlier questions, what is one more image that you feel compelled to share in response to all of this?

If you read this far, perhaps you liked the work. The work does take work. It only continues with support, so please consider subscribing. My annual rate starts at $10 per year.