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Art Against Mental Illness

Using art and creativity to heal from mental illness, support mental wellbeing, and recover from burnout. Interviews, philosophy, art practise and practical mental health strategies.

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00:44:45

Talking Therapy - Grief and Gratitude with Caitlin Hanna

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2025/01/21

Alex talks to artist Caitlin Hanna, about grief, mental health, and neurodiversity. Caitlin discusses her art as therapy, creating zines, and the challenges of emotional expression in art.

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00:39:35

Therapeutic Outlet - Start as you mean to go on

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2025/01/15

Alex discusses his approach to 2025 and most definitely doesn't make any New Year's resolutions. He rants quite a lot but also says lots of nice, calming things too.

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00:45:11

Talking Therapy - Rob Parkinson The Painting Nomad

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2025/01/08

Alex talks to Rob Parkinson aka The Painting Nomad about his epic artistic odysseys across the UK, flat horizon deficiently, the healing powers of the great outdoors, and using art to fund the nomadic lifestyle.

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00:47:20

2024 Retrospective Part 2 - Speaking of Art, Recovery...

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2025/01/04

Alex revisits the first 6 months, 25 episodes and 495 minutes of the podcast. In part 2 Alex recaps and remembers the remaining episodes of 2024 and tells us of his outlook for 2025.

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00:49:45

Talking Therapy - Art, Science, Tech and Burnout with...

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/12/22

Alex talks about the intersection between art, science, maths and technology with artist Mark Burden. In this eclectic chat they discuss Alan Turing, AI, beauty in the mundane, art across multiple mediums, the metaphysics of walking, Christmas cards and how he used art to help recover from burnout.

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00:54:17

2024 Retrospective Part 1 - Why am I doing this?!

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/12/17

Alex revisits the first 6 months, 25 episodes and 495 minutes of the podcast. In part one he recounts the circumstances that lead to him starting the podcast, and revisits the first 9 episodes.

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00:23:51

Mind Your Language - Alex Against Art Speak

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/12/10

Alex takes aim at the evils and excesses of art speak via Tolstoy, Artificial Intelligence, and the science of Bullshit.

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00:30:03

Art Takes - Decay and Rebirth

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/12/05

Alex discusses the abstract painting he's working on, and the wonders of the process of using and observing natural processes when creating artworks.

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00:38:52

Talking Therapy - Art, Policing, Cancer, and Recovery...

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/12/01

Alex chats to fellow artist Sharon Milton about her incredible career as one of the most senior members of the Scottish police force, meeting Barack Obama, recovery from cancer, guns, Arctic expeditions and how creativity helped her escape, rehab and prehab. It was an honour and a privilege to have Sharon recount her incredible and inspiring story.

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00:18:01

Egotist or Imposter - The Misunderstood Relationship...

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/11/26

Alex discusses the intricate dance between ego and identity in art, exploring how self-expression shapes both creator and audience. Through Frida Kahlo's lens, he delves into the misunderstood relationship between art and self, challenging the notion of narcissism in creativity.

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00:15:19

Art Takes 1 - Abstract Fluidity

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/11/21

Art Takes are a new flavour of episode where we listen to Alex while at work in his studio. In this episode Alex is working on an organic abstract artwork using fluid paints while musing on mindfulness, process, chaos, the nature of colour, technique, composition and loads more.

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00:15:48

Your Brain on Art Part 2 - Zen and the Art of Mental...

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/11/18

In this second episode of the Your Brain on Art series, Alex discusses Zen, how meditation and mindfulness can aid mental wellness and what this says about flow states and the creative process.

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00:25:13

Your Brain on Art Part 1 - Bad Homoeostasis

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/11/12

Alex gets mental and physical in the bumper first episode on his series that seeks to illuminate the biological and psychological causes of mental illness and the reasons why art can help treat and prevent it. In this episode he discusses the causes of the epidemic of mental illness we see in society at the moment, offers some insight onto the mechanisms leading to this, and discusses how various treatments help us.

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00:18:10

Art Against Mental Politics - Art, Protest and Catharsis

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/11/07

Alex reflects on how, during these turbulent times, art is more important than ever to help us cope, express our views, connect with society, and ultimately help us maintain our mental wellness and that of those around us.

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00:17:16

How to be creative part 2 - Mo Art Mo Problems

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/10/31

Alex explains how problem solving is central to the practise of creativity via mathematical proofs and magicians in this long awaited second part of the How to be Creative series.

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00:28:54

Finding Your Voice

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/10/24

Alex explains the concept of voice in creativity, how to find your artistic voice and why it's so important

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00:20:48

Bonus Episode: Finding Your Voice Addendum - Alex...

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/10/24

Alex gets all meta and talks about his latest episode, ChatGPT and the challenges and delights of podcasting, all recorded (badly) while he walks through some woodland!

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00:18:20

Overthinking

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/10/15

Alex talks about overthinking as an anxiety response, why this happens and how to combat it.

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00:17:55

Fighting Back

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/09/08

Alex talks candidly about his recent resurgence of mental illness, what happened to cause it, and how he intends to fight back with the help of, you guessed it, art!

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00:17:05

How to be creative part 1 - All that jazz!

Art Against Mental Illness ·

2024/08/08

Alex kicks off a new series of a yet unknown number of episodes on creativity. He explores the nature of creativity using examples from the world of jazz, introducing the core concepts that will be covered in upcoming episodes.

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