Art + Psychology Link Love
Your weekly digest of a niche of this astounding Substack writing community and some elaboration, connections, and hopefully community-building
See this post if you aren’t sure what this roundup is all about.
Reminder: I draw connections between what the writers are sharing and my understanding of how that relates to art + mental health but this doesn’t mean that the original writer intended that or agrees with it in full or part … I always encourage you to go read the full pieces whose snippets capture your attention here to find out what the writer’s piece intends and offers.
Thoughts: When I use the term “mental health” I sometimes mean things with a diagnosis and symptoms but more often I just mean something akin to “how the challenges of life are affecting our thoughts and experiences.” I decided to switch back to the word “psychology” instead of “mental health” to reflect this and am working on a post that further explains why.
Before We Begin
The big announcement I made this week:
The THREADSTACK Directory is for anyone who writes about knitting, crochet, embroidery…