Visual artist and writer living in St. Henri, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
She ain’t what she used to be. She’s better.
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Visual artist and writer living in St. Henri, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
She ain’t what she used to be. She’s better.
The old grey mare... 
So do you self harm so that you can become depressed so that you can make good art?
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I come by my depression honestly. I don’t have to “make myself depressed”. My mom was hospitalized for depression in 1958, and must have become pregnant almost the day she was released. (There is a big gap between my older brother and me.) She had to stop her experimental psychiatric drugs (probably just Valium or something) when she realized she was pregnant. So there is a genetic component, and a traumatic life experience as a teen that gave me PTSD. I always found marijuana and hashish were good tonics for the depressive downward spiral, as well as a stimulant for the imagination.
I cannot remember a time when I wasn’t drawing or colouring back into my earliest childhood. Was super shy, so a lovely way to spend time alone, and also a great way to express yourself, happy or sad.
Are you an artist?
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