Artists with Mental Illness

My art is also very dark, but I take photography, it sort of self medicates me, I love expressing my emotions through art, and sometimes I like the fact that only I understand what I want it to convey and that everyone can take something different from it.

The blog linked in my signature (is it still there?) used to be about A/P, but now I just use it to complain. I went and deleted all the useful entries.

I'd be interested in reading your dissertation, Maz, as one of the things my blog was about was how to use creativity to help combat anxiety. My theory is that often the right brain becomes idle, and when it does it can absolutely wreak havoc. If you engage it by doing something creative (drawing, painting, etc are not the only creative activities -- any kind of problem solving is creative thinking, too). Art is my addiction.

I'm also a musician and am working on a site for that, as well.