bookofJohn

Aloha, the name's Johnny  ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀  '94   ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀  INC

[itsalohajohnny]

So is anyone still on here? I kinda miss blogging lol. Where the 2009-2013ish crew at though? 

[itsalohajohnny]

24 😁🎂🎉🎈 thanks to everyone who greeted me today! And thanks for lunch @heyitsjesa and @kidaloha 🍱 (at Moku Kitchen)

[3go]

i downloaded this god damn episode just so everyone could watch this fukkin clip

[incorrectbardenbellas]

[kushandwizdom]

- Akin Olokun

[onlytwitterpics]

[huffpost]

This Comedian Nails Why The Mental Illness + Creativity Connection is Ridiculous

[merindab]

I used to really worry that medications would harm my creativity and it’s part of why I resisted taking them. It hasn’t. If anything it’s allowed me to be more focused and able to complete things. My imagination hasn’t changed just because I’m on anti-depressants.

[hollowedskin]

a lot of my family didnt want me to start medications because they thought it would impact my ability to create, and I believed them. Now im getting better and better with my art because i dont have to fight through the brainfog or the constant panic attacks and can dedicate my energy to my work. Antidepressents didnt take my emotions away, they made them easier to handle.

[trashfirefallon-deactivated2019]

This was one of the reasons my mother didn’t put me on meds

[oxforddrama-deactivated20230801]

@hollowedskin that last line you wrote there is so important.

[squeedge]

Word to this. While my art may have developed as a coping mechanism initially (key words: -may have-), I’m at my most creative and productive when my head isn’t clouded and worn down by mental illness. When I express my woes and people say “HEY AT LEAST YOU’RE CREATIVE” it’s such an insulting oversimplification and misunderstanding of how creativity and mental illness interact.

[chlove-art]

I can’t believe some people actually believe this still. 

As for me, I create my art out of the JOY I have for life!! And it seems to work quite well :)

[infinite-smile01]

I had very severe mental health issues (that even led to hospitalization) and took meds, mom hated it and said that I’m ‘not me’ and that it’s the meds and how I used to create a lot. Eventually she convinced me to stop. It was so much worse. Yeah I was sleeping less and my thoughts flowed freely. Way too freely. I could not contain a single thought without an endless strings of thoughts that would eventually lead to a panic attack and did not allow creating. Creating helps, but it shouldn’t cancel out therapy and meds and other things that help. And getting help and functioning better, doesn’t cancel the passion to create. I’m an artist Always was The need increased when things got bad When things got worse the ability to art stopped And now I’m in a better place Still an artist Still struggling. But the two aren’t a couple. I know ppl who struggle and don’t art And I want to know that if I ever manage to get better it won’t be instead of my art Art is a part of me Mental illness is unfortunately a part of me Doesn’t mean that art is a part of mental illness or vice versa

[acefalla]

it sucks when u have someone on ur mind that u can’t have in ur arms

[greyusurper]

[kushandwizdom]

[kushandwizdom]

Do your future self a favour and work hard now.

[itsalohajohnny]

The one night where I wasn't the only coffee drinker (finding coffee was a struggle btw)😂☕️ Always a good time meeting and taking out visiting KADIWA #HIxCA #Ohana 🌃 (at Moku Kitchen)

[itsalohajohnny]

Choir Sponsored EVM | Great job to these hard working members without whom, we wouldn't have had a successful EVM! All praises be unto God! Thank you to all the guests for spending your Saturday evening with us 😊 #IglesiaNiCristo #ChurchOfChrist #ProductionTeam #StageDesignTeam #StageCrew (at Farrington High School)

[itsalohajohnny]

I may be an only child but thanks to the KADIWA and Christian Family Organizations, I'm blessed lots of brothers and sisters. Not by blood, but by faith 😊❤️🇮🇹 #NationalSiblingDay #DistrictKADIWA #DistrictOfHawaiiPacific #Unity #Ohana (at Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ))

[itsalohajohnny]

🎶I'm gonna love you now and forever cause you're my sunset-set-set-set-set🎶🌅 #Hawaii #Oahu #NoFliter #GoodCompany (at China Walls)

[itsalohajohnny]

Day dreaming 😎🌊🌊🌤 #GoPro #HikingAdventures #springbreak2k17 #Oahu

[itsalohajohnny]

01.28.17 Throwback to our last inter-island visitation on the Big Island! It was great to have finally visited our brethren from Ke'eau, Kailua-Kona and Naalehu! You were all awesome hosts! And of course, it's always awesome to see our brethren from Maui participating in the Unity Games. We may be separated on different islands, but that doesn't stop our district from being united 🇮🇹❤️ huge MAHALO to the Church Administration for giving us opportunities like this to strengthen the love and brotherhood of the youth in the church #DistrictKADIWA #DistrictOfHawaiiPacific #UnityGames #HIPACDKAD #OAHUxMAUIxBIGISLAND