Therapeutic value in creating art

@DrHSTGonzo

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Thanks for sharing. She has quite the impressive series of prints. I've been wanting to play around with cyanotypes. Doing it on Japanese paper sounds intriguing
 

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Those tea toned prints looks fantastic. She seems to be very talented photographer. Not just a camera hobbyist but clearly she has rare talent.

Those photo albums are very suddle and beautiful. I wish I could have that skill.
 

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As most artists are partly crazy, I'm sure making art helps them. One photographer comes to mind, Nancy Rexroth, whose wonderful book IOWA , shot entirely with a Diana camera, reflected her mental state.
 

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Artists are probably not any crazier than anyone else these days, it's been strange for a while now. Matisse wouldn't hang his works at home, they reminded him of the extreme nervousness, pressure and discomfort he felt in the studio trying to pull the paintings together. Manet tried to paint his cousin 42 times before finally giving up and saying he just couldn't do it. I usually just feel exhausted after a long evening of printing. I'm glad someone is finding this therapeutic!
 

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To some it is a form of therapy, to many it is just a moment to escape life's grind, which returns as soon as it needs to be dealt with again. Atmosphere of these days is not helping any of it, therapy or otherwise.
 
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