Sylvia Plath makes use of dark and grim imagery to capture “loneliness”. She suffered from depression most of her life. Her experience is often reflected in…
In October of 2013, the College of Physicians in Quebec, Canada, ordered doctors to stop performing virginity tests on women. Remarkably, it took a formal…
Since the rise of Positive Psychology in the late 1990s, the quest for happiness has become a quasi epidemic. Motivational speakers ask that we eliminate…
An “experiment” around reactions to domestic violence. Reminiscent of Kitty Genovese.
Wild Mood Swings, by Tim Noble and Sue Webster, a double self-portrait of the couple.
I recently received an envelope of photos from my mother; each image came with a story. My daughters’ favourite turned out to be one about…
Antonin Artaud was a playwright, actor, poet, director, and theorist of the dramatic arts. Artaud experienced a number of psychotic episodes at the age of 41,…
Blind-sided by the one you love, the one you married. Learning about your spouse’s infidelity can be emotionally and physically devastating. The emotional damage is…
Eliette Markhbein, who is a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivor herself, constructed this portrait series to raise awareness of TBIs. Her subjects include former congresswoman…
“Teen bulling and teen suicide based on someone’s sexual preference is ridiculous – and this film turns the tables on modern society. What IF the…
“I thought he must die. He had no future, nothing good. I thought I was saving the child.” Nerlin Sarmiento had expressed disturbing thoughts about…
When the clock has gone forward and all rehab has been completed, Where exactly do we pick up our life? Our abilities and level of…
By Edvard Munch Edvard Munch experienced a rough childhood, dealing with the mental illness of family members, death and grief at an early age. This…
“Y-O-U-N-G, we like ’em young, Y is for your sister, O is for oh so tight, U is for underage, N is for no consent, G…
A poem about love and dealing with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) By Neil Hillborn
David Bowie’s struggle with drug addiction was no secret. This song is another instance of the use of creative expression to overcome one’s personal conflicts,…
The conventional treatment for opioid dependence is to prescribe methadone. Similar to morphine, methadone is a synthetic opioid sometimes referred to as a narcotic. It…
At the National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago, over 58,000 army tags are suspended from the ceiling in a 10 foot by 40 foot rectangle….
Magadalena Abakanowicz is a Polish artist who deals with the theme of the “countless”. She says: “I feel overwhelmed by quantity where counting no longer…
