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So instead of giving in to
despair I chose active melancholy, in so far as I was capable of
activity, in other words I chose the kind of melancholy that hopes, that
strives and that seeks, in preference to the melancholy that despairs
numbly and in distress.
Vincent van Gogh
In the
end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an
artist. A balanced human seldom produces art. It's that imbalance which
impels us... The artist lives with anxiety.
Beverly Pepper
Anxiety
is the essential condition of intellectual and artistic creation”
Charles Frankel
This section contains
links to exhibitions of art, literary and other achievements of
sufferers of OCD, OC Spectrum disorders, anorexia nervosa and other
eating disorders, anxiety disorders, ASDs autism spectrum disorders, and
other mental health or neurological conditions. Anyone with any of the
aforementioned conditions may
contribute by sending in scanned photographs of art work, crafts or send
files of literary accomplishments such as poetry or short stories or any
other literary contribution of reasonable length. Also sufferers are
invited to send in short autobiographies to accompany their art work concerning their experiences as
a sufferer of the aforementioned illnesses and how their art has helped
them. However an autobiography need not
accompany artistic or literary work if you are uncomfortable with this.
Nonetheless in order to
include contributions I would appreciate a short introduction to
yourself, you need not use your real name, just a few basic details
even if it is only the name of
the condition from which you suffer and the length of its duration.
If you are not
involved with visual arts but are talented in other ways for example
music, acting, dancing and so on you are invited to write about your
ability and how it has helped you cope with your respective illness.
Please
note:
Some of these pages
are graphic intensive and may take a while to download, please be
patient. This is my first
web site and unfortunately I may have made some of the images rather large, a mistake I hope to
rectify as soon as possible. In spite of any difficulties I hope you
enjoy these contributions.
Luis Leonal Lopez Sculpture
New September 2008
Shirley: Poetry My Little Man
Click to go directly to Two
new poems from Shirley
Andre Pell: Poetry
In the Stillness of the Evening
Zed Null. Poetry: Poem Why Can't I stop?
Christine:
Painting and drawing
Christine: Clip art
John Photography. New
August 2008
Click
to go directly to
Six new photographs for use as desktop wallpaper
Sandra Donkin:
Creative Writing.
Madelyn Denniston Keach: Poetry
Kevin:
Drawing and Rock Painting.
Michael Knight: Poetry.
Shimanta Bhattacharyya: Poetry
Shirely Franklin:
Poetry
Sandra (Sani)
Poetry
Kirk Stacy :
Caricatures
- School of OCD
Kirk Stacy :
Caricatures
- three new graphics
John: A ghost story
Gail's Gerard's Store Front
Gail is a talented writer
and suffers with bipolar disorder and OCD. Gail writes about a diverse
range of subjects, including recipes and poetry among others in both
Spanish and English.
Gail Gerald's Storefront -
Lulu.com
Also
see:
Creativity as
Therapy
Creativity: A Personal Perspective
Home.
Creativity is dynamic, it asserts life, frees the human spirit,
conquers mental lassitude and illness, and makes real the outrageous
potential of the universal imagination.
Robert Genn
Whatever creativity is,
it is in part a solution to a problem.
Brian W. Aldiss
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