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Posted by Photographer on April 22, 2001, at 11:46:10
I am currently conducting research into the visualisation of depression, both practice led, photography, and as thesis. What does depression mean to you? How does it affect your creative/life process? How would you describe depression as a visual entity. Does medication help or make things worse?
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Posted by vlvtelvis on April 22, 2001, at 15:00:15
In reply to Visualisation of Depression, posted by Photographer on April 22, 2001, at 11:46:10
Grey shaded glasses?
Deeper shadows?
> I am currently conducting research into the visualisation of depression, both practice led, photography, and as thesis. What does depression mean to you? How does it affect your creative/life process? How would you describe depression as a visual entity. Does medication help or make things worse?
> All replies will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Posted by JahL on April 22, 2001, at 15:46:47
In reply to Visualisation of Depression, posted by Photographer on April 22, 2001, at 11:46:10
> > I am currently conducting research into the visualisation of depression, both practice led, photography, and as thesis. What does depression mean to you?
Everything.
> >How does it affect your creative/life process?
No creativity; what life?
> >How would you describe depression as a visual entity.
I wouldn't; depression is nothingness itself (I know, cheery sort, aren't I?)
> >Does medication help or make things worse?
Find the right one & it's a lifesaver. Drugs designed specifically for depression make me worse however...
Posted by mikes on April 22, 2001, at 21:53:13
In reply to Visualisation of Depression, posted by Photographer on April 22, 2001, at 11:46:10
For me it sharpened my intellect and abstract thinking......I think I'm a rare case.
> I am currently conducting research into the visualisation of depression, both practice led, photography, and as thesis. What does depression mean to you? How does it affect your creative/life process? How would you describe depression as a visual entity. Does medication help or make things worse?
> All replies will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Posted by Dubya on April 23, 2001, at 0:07:57
In reply to Re: Visualisation of Depression, posted by mikes on April 22, 2001, at 21:53:13
Well, think of it as living in a world where everything is overwhelming and your imagination and creativity are so limited that you feel stupid. This can best be described as an artistic drawing with no perspective or it has extreme simplicity. i.e. loss of visual dimension/perception- > a BOX. also, images where the inner soul is doomed.
Posted by sar on April 23, 2001, at 0:50:02
In reply to Visualisation of Depression, posted by Photographer on April 22, 2001, at 11:46:10
In my journal about a year ago I described myself as "a drunk rat trying to jump out of the cupboard only to hit my head on walls."
The reality of my depression is, 75% of the time, rather ugly and flat. When I think of nearly having died I feel ghostlike and broken and in the car I sometimes feel that I'm driving along a bluescreen rather than on the street.
I couldn't describe depression as a visual entity, except to say that when my mind feels bad my body typically does too, so when something eats at my mind, it will generally eat at my body, and I feel that in my stomach and around my heart and in my legs.
Reading *The Bell Jar* by Plath stoned blew me away...she was one of the amazing ones who managed to parallel extreme depression with extreme productivity. I would venture to say that most people (regardless of how depressed/happy they may be) do not have the energy or creativity to do that...
Good luck with your project.
sar
Posted by Photographer on April 30, 2001, at 17:13:01
In reply to Re: Visualisation of Depression, posted by sar on April 23, 2001, at 0:50:02
Many thanks to everyone who responded to my ad'. I have visualised depression in my photo's as a dark hole that leads on a journey, sometimes dark sometimes not, but on the whole it is quite bleak and barren, although the images are in color this is very subdued and used as a emotional element within the work. Many of the images are quite abstract as that is how I think about my depression - any comments? The work is called "A Black Dog Came Calling". >
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Posted by Dr. Bob on April 30, 2001, at 19:05:10
In reply to Re: Visualisation of Depression, posted by Photographer on April 30, 2001, at 17:13:01
> I have visualised depression in my photo's as a dark hole that leads on a journey...
I'd like to redirect this thread to Psycho-Social-Babble:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20010417/msgs/5806.html
Thanks,
Bob
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