Monique Jackson, creator of Still Ill: Corona Diary talks to Gabrielle Johnson from NSUN about the power of art to build community, understanding and awareness…. more
Category: Creativity and mental health
An interview with Survivors’ Poetry Events Coordinator, Debbie McNamara
“We experience relief & gratitude in sharing our work… people get to meet others from around the world who become friends & allies, our struggles become collective, we heal each other with our words & songs, we overcome the fragmentation & alienation caused by trauma, we use our poetry to manage overwhelming emotions & make sense of our experiences, to document extraordinary times in our lives, to revisit difficulty with new eyes, to celebrate where we have reached, to tell our stories; we revive hope.”… more
An interview with survivor and singer-songwriter, Rai Waddingham
Music and creativity weave through my life in different ways – each of them have helped me continue to exist in a world that I can find overwhelming… more
An interview with emerging outsider artist, Mud
Art speaks where words fail, though sometimes they work in conjunction. Facilitating these tough discussions through a visual medium is my way of helping the mental health community. … more