Reading for me, like many, has always been a source of inspiration and reflection. The simple act of sitting down these days is conducive to pondering and flights of creative fancy. I do my reading with a pencil and notebook: a notebook ready to capture my rambling thoughts and at times develop ideas gleaned in [...]
Monthly Archives: mai 2009
Pathology and art
Cathy Malchiodi a well known art therapist in the field (past posting on her work found here) wrote a provocative attempt at putting a stop to pathologizing the art of artists who happen to have mental illnesses. She is promoting the celebration of artists who struggle with mental illness instead. The read is worth the [...]
DSM vu par un artiste
ReHuxley un artiste sur Flickr nous donne un excellent aperçu d’un livre altéré dont les contenus ont inspiré le résultat artistique. Il a altéré le DSM-3! Voir le diaporama (lien qui suit) Altered DSM et la page exhaustive d’exemples. Faites une recherche avec le mot clé « altered books » sur Flickr et vous obtiendrez des centaines [...]
