“Tell me about when art has been difficult or complicated for your mental health, rather than solely beneficial.”| createmefree.substack.com
How do mental health symptoms impact/alter/inspire creative business/ reception by others?| createmefree.substack.com
How do depression, mania, anxiety, stress, and other conditions affect the ability to create?| createmefree.substack.com
13 creatives respond in their own unique ways about how the mind impacts the creative process ...| createmefree.substack.com
Many people say "art is therapy" but what exactly do people mean by that? Here are some incredible responses.| createmefree.substack.com
Themes range from imposter syndrome and feelings of inadequacy to finding liberation and self-acceptance through creative practice| createmefree.substack.com
Sometimes mental or physical health symptoms require a change in medium or in the scale of or approach to a favorite medium ...| createmefree.substack.com
Instead of demanding a huge surge of energy for a major project, micro-creative acts (a quick sketch, a few lines of poetry, a spontaneous melody) offer gentle, consistent stimulation.| createmefree.substack.com
If you miss a day, skip a week, or scrap a project, that does not erase you as an artist.| createmefree.substack.com
Your body is not lying. If the room makes you anxious, dissociated, or fatigued, that is data. Your brain may tell you to push through. Your body already knows better.| createmefree.substack.com
How to measure creative growth on your own terms, even when your body won't cooperate| createmefree.substack.com
Why creativity sometimes feels flat, and how to gently reconnect with your artistic self| createmefree.substack.com
Redefining resistance, fatigue, and creative inconsistency through a compassionate lens| createmefree.substack.com
An overview of the framework that I use to explore this topic along with examples| createmefree.substack.com