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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…