Joanna Answers in Images and Sound
Immerse Yourself in This Art and Psychology Multimedia Interview
I am so excited to bring you this new visual / sound interview from
of . I started visual interviews because I believe that there are times when words aren’t sufficient to share your experiences about the relationship between art and mental health.Neurodiversity, trauma, and other factors can cause language to be too difficult or too limiting. So I invite people to respond in images … or in sound. We have only had one sound interview prior to this (from LizzyCo), and I was so moved to receive Joanna’s musial / sound art responses.
Jo shared with us that she is autistic, which informs much of her life experience. I learned from her Substack that she’s also “a forest wanderer, twilight dweller, musician, gardener, grower and maker.” Visit her over there to learn more.
I am always a little bit amazed that I can understand the responses so well each time … and each time they touch a place in me that I, too, can’t describe in words. See if you feel the same …
What does the term mental health mean to you?
What does your own history of mental health look like?
What does creativity mean to you?
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?
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/harmed 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?
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SO BEAUTIFUL. Your wordless expressions invite me in with curious joy. Your music tickles my neurons while I soak in the curious wonder of nature's expressions. I collaborate with your offers, creating my own story in the flow. 🙏🏼 Thank you
This is fascinating Jo. Loved seeing your picture responses and hearing the sounds. This is so creative and freeing as a medium and interview technique and I imagine also frees up the ego more than in written or spoken responses?