Kevin Dooley is an artist that specializes in photography and has been publishing images on Flickr for many years. His pieces range from fun images of daily life to deeper meanings like the image featured below. This is his picture which he titled “Anxiety” and shared in the year 2016. He highlights that the image […]
The journey of mental health, self-love, and self-identity is a profound exploration, one that often takes us through complex mazes of self-discovery. The illustration by Lianne Nguyen shows a representation of this journey. It's a common experience to struggle with questions about who we truly are, especially in a world that frequently demands established answers. […]
Édouard Manet is a renowned French artist of the 19th century. He challenged artistic conventions and embraced subjects that were often controversial or unconventional. His painting “Dead Toreador” not only captures a poignant scene of a fallen bullfighter but also serves as a powerful commentary on toxic masculinity and its impact on trauma and mental […]
RefugiArte is an initiative of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) aimed at raising awareness about the experiences of immigrants and refugees forced to leave their homes, communities, countries and lives behind due to poverty, violence, political turmoil, and others. More than 50 Latin American artists have participated since the beginning of the project in 2015. […]
The painting "Caretakers" by Max Ginsburg, created in 2006, beautifully captures the essential roles and significance of caretakers in our society. The artwork elicits emotions and reflection on the often-overlooked contributions of these individuals. The details, such as the simplistic and easy-to-move-in clothing, and the realistic depiction of the scenery found in any normal life […]
In his 1949 piece “Creative Therapy”, Jacob Lawrence paints this engaging scene that depicts several psychiatric patients engaged in painting. Prior to his prestige and success in the art world, Lawrence encountered struggles with anxiety that led him to undertake a voluntary stay at a psychiatric ward. During his time at the hospital, he went […]
When one thinks of Vincent Van Gogh oftentimes his artwork is brought to mind - but what about the man behind the paintbrush? Plagued by mental health problems his entire life, and self-medicating with toxic Absinthe, Van Gogh led a troubled life. On December 23, 1888, Van Gogh cut off his ear, beginning the eventual […]
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health disorder marked by difficulty in emotion regulation and impulse control, which impacts both the individual and the people in their lives. Fortunately, there is treatment for BPD: dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), a specialized psychosocial intervention well-supported in its effectiveness for treating BPD. As seen in this […]
Being positive all the time and rejecting negative aspects of life can create unhealthy experiences. Toxic positivity is when you deny, invalidate, or minimize a negative or distressing situation by overgeneralizing the positives. Sometimes, this positivity is not realistic and can lead to emotional suppression. You may start to lose a connection with yourself and […]
The enigmatic Zelda Fitzgerald embodied the spirit of the Jazz Age and era of American flappers in the 1920s. Shadowed at the time by her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary success, which had positioned them amongst the folds of high society, Zelda worked to establish herself as an artist in her own right. She published […]