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Art + Psychology in The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Where creativity and mental health meet in the family members of this memoir and an interview excerpt
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Craftfulness Book Review: Mend Yourself by Making Things
"Wool shops draw me to them like a magnet; their pigeon holes overflowing with all those irresistible coloured balls of promise.”
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Literature as a Lens for Understanding the Limitations and Potential of Craftivism
5 global books that celebrate the power of craft while acknowledging that it can't solve everything
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Book Review: Always Too Much and Never Enough
"It is the story of hunger – for acceptance, for love, for things indefinable – and the story of finding true comfort and joy in food."
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A Look Back at The Artist's Mind Virtual Substack Book Tour
Guest posts, author interviews, excerpts, previously unpublished sections and more ... I can't believe this event was a year ago!
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Art+Mental Health in The Last Confessions of Sylvia P.
Summary, takeaways, art/journal prompts and more from this riveting novel
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Art and Mental Health Novels: All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
A novel written by an author whose father and sister died by suicide, an experience woven subtly and not-so-subtly through this beautiful work
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When Dickens stepped in to keep me company: How reading literature gave me purpose during a time of grief
A Create Me Free guest post by Jeffrey Streeter
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How to Do a Virtual Book Tour on Substack (or anywhere online)
A guide with tips, tricks and things to think about ... adaptable form books to projects, podcasts and more
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Behind The Scenes of The Artist's Mind: The Creative Lives and Mental Health of Famous Artists
Taking a look back at excerpts from all of the interviews, book reviews, guest posts and more that were part of the Substack virtual tour for The…
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The Artist’s Mind Virtual Blog Tour!
A month of exploring art and mental health across an amazing array of Substack pages!
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Pain, Parties, Work … Sylvia Plath’s Bell Jar Summer
On fashion and beauty, art and writing, depression and handwriting analysis in a key summer of the author's life
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