The Healing Verse – Cydney, Yolanda, Ursula, Thomas
Third in a series of films that presents poetry for mental health wellbeing.
Tag: art
The Healing Verse — Trapeta, Enoch, and Beth
Second in a series of films that presents poetry for mental health wellbeing.
The Healing Verse: Poetry for Mental Wellbeing
First in series of films that present poetry for mental health wellbeing.
Now Unquiet: The Journey of Pianist Jonathan Biss
Pianist Jonathan Biss recounts his journey and examines the interplay between his lifelong passion for music and his own personal struggles with anxiety.
The Depression That Would Not Go: How Do We Fight Depression When Medicine Doesn’t Do the Trick?
Anuradha Malhotra has keeps finding ways to quell her depressive symptoms, but her cures always seem to run out of gas. Now she’s finding other ways of moving forward.
It Gets Better: A Yarn Bomber’s Tale of Hope
Yarn Bomber Nicole Nikolich creates vibrant works of art for the street that are filled with humor and hope and help her battle anxiety and depression.
The Awesome and Absolutely True Adventures of the Autisarians of Philadelphia
The Smith Family of Philadelphia rejects the limitations of the term autism, and instead create “The Autisarians,” people with superhuman abilities.
Art is a Superpower | Quarantine + Mental Health
Artist and Educator Greyson “Haji P.” Davis discusses how art is his superpower, and has been his salvation during quarantine.
Quarantine: Clarity & Ghostliness | Mental Health & Hope for the Future
Parade of Puppy Fur | Play, Quarantine & Mental Health
Artist and Educator Greyson “Haji P.” Davis discusses how he’s free from social interactions and pretending to be anything but himself during quarantine.
Quarantine Doodling & Art | Mental Health & Hope for the Future
Artist and Educator Greyson “Haji P.” Davis creates a routine for maintaining his mental health during quarantine: drawing in a studio and on the street.
Letting Myself Go: An Artist’s Struggle with Depression, Addiction, and Suicidality
by Mederos
For the artist named Mederos, physical and psychological pain of depression is inextricably intertwined.
You’re Manic Bipolar – The Line Between Audience and Stage
by Sabrina Chap
You’re more powerful than you know. And, once you learn how to wield your powers, trust me. They’ll applaud.
Worth a Thousand Words: Mental Health in Pictures
by Lou Rambeau
These images of mental in pictures are not what the public wants people to show. They are reality. They are dirty, messy, uninhibited, and true.
I’m Just Tired: When You Dismiss Depression
“I can’t explain where I’ve been, and though everyone wants to understand, it doesn’t mean they comprehend. They can’t grasp where I am.” – Kathryn Rose Wood
Painting My Roses Red – Navigating Recovery
Groggy. Always groggy. Part bored, part feeling down. Seems I always have habits I either need to break or start—when I can get around to it. Maybe tomorrow, after my 8:30am nap.
Episode 6 – Mental Health in Comedy
by Bud Clayman & Laura Farrell
Comedians Robert Ecks and Jacquie Baker discuss the complicated ways in which mental health is impacted by comedy, and how the two can go hand in hand.
Episode 2 – Art and Mental Health: Can They Co-Exist, or Must They Compete?
by Bud Clayman & Laura Farrell
Bud and Laura interview Philadelphia artists Abby Squire and Rosie Carlson about how art and mental health affect one another.
Torrey Pines
Interview with Clyde Petersen about Torrey Pines, a stop-motion animated adventure film about coming of age with an undiagnosed schizophrenic single mother.
Mental Health > Art
Is art more important than mental health? Laura Farrell shares her own mental health art and says that mental wellness is more important than creating art.