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What art means to me…

What does art means to me? Maybe the best way to answer this question is to ask a more specific one, which is …What does art do for me? Whenever I have something I need to get over or move on from I turn to the world of art. I can’t think of a more therapeutic form of healing than spilling your pain and suffering onto paper. I first started my journey into art when I was very young. My older brother Christopher was such a great source of inspiration. I wanted to draw like him very much. His attention to detail was so impressive that as younger brothers do I began to try and emulate. I went through a period of making comic books, simple drawings to art classes in school.

The day I decided to take myself more seriously and if you will, begin to express myself with more meaningful work was a day I will always remember. I created a piece which I called “Mr. Constructed and the big idea”. At the time I was trying purge the deep depression I was in while also attempting to convey the dual in me of my ups and downs. Why did I feel different then? Why do I feel so different now? Years later when I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder type 2 did I realize the extreme significance this piece held for me. My Mind and body were telling through this drawing that something was wrong with me.

Throughout the years I have struggled with the problem of not knowing if it was the disorder that was my source of expression or was it myself creating my work. It has been a long road to get to where I am in my art career and not unto recently have I learned to use my disorder and moments of darkness as a tool to bring myself back into the light.

To anyone that is reading this who may be suffering and may feel that you are alone, please know that you are not. I still have my dark days and I can tell you what has always brought me out of it has been my art and my friends. If you ever need someone to talk to…I am always here. Take care and much love and remember if you ever need someone to talk to…I am here.