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These are paintings by shubharthis of the SAA. The first four are painted by Saroj, and the 5th art work consist of the left piece done by Richa & the right piece done by Nitin.
These are photograph submissions by the shubharthis of SAA during a photography session held at the Swanand Punarvasan Kendra Garden, Dhayari.
The term 'Shubharthi' used in this self-help support group is to mean someone living with a mental illness. SAA is the abbreviation for Schizophrenia Awareness Association based in Pune, which comprises of 'patients', their caregivers and a group of dedicated volunteers and their staff members.
The submission above was sent in by a volunteer (saathi) Mr.Gurudatt Kundapurkar who facilitates many of the shubharthi meetings and guides them to take the lead very often. Their website can be accessed at: http://schizophrenia.org.in/
I wanted it to be a wacky-looking girl. But my sis said, "She doesn't look like a girl!"
After minutes of editing... adding an eyelash, some flowers, black pearl necklace & earring... still it was hard for her to believe that it could be a girl's face. I was not in mood of any more tinkering...so I just drew some stars, floating tar bubbles & a bee around her hair and named her 'Lola'. (a tribute to The Kinks song of the same name)
The other one, a baby with wings...I applied black color on the cheeks to make it appear a bit rebellious. Again, bad luck for me... It looks more like a delusional & depressed baby angel than a rebellious one!
I can name these pieces as 'Trying to be myself' cause I tried so many ways, cause that's what most of us try to be, whether it's the Lola or the rebellious baby angel... and in turn get labeled as 'deviant' or 'delusional'.
submitted by Philip R.
John Christopher Quiambao
Pencil: I'm sorry Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong. Pencil: I'm sorry cos you get hurt bcos of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time. Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad. :) I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way... they get hurt, and become smaller (older, and eventually pass on). Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad. "All my life, I've been the pencil.. And it pains me to see the eraser that is my parents getting smaller and smaller each day. For I know that one day, all that I'm left with would be eraser shavings and memories of what I used to have..." This is to all the parents out there.
Dominik Ritter- "Anti-Psychiatry" - "The Antichrist"
Shanti Swaroop Prabhakar: interesting... but i cant quite make my mind up abt it... whether its a positive approach or a negative one that i want to take right now to this concept!
Val Resh: we don't have to necessarily 'make our minds up' all the time. Each one of us come with our own set of beliefs, conditioning, lifestyles, experiences and individuality. There might be some parts we might not even agree with, but what works here is the acceptance (or sometimes not) that we are allowed to share our views and thoughts about anything.
(between Oct 12-18)
Dominik Ritter- "Anti-Psychiatry" - "The Antichrist"
Why is anti-psychiatry so unpopular? I think that one of the main reasons is that it constitutes something akin to blasphemy. Psychiatry is a religion with its own belief and value systems, rituals as well as procedures to deal with non-believers. To openly criticise this institution, e.g. to say that one does not believe in constructs such as mental health/illness (in religious terms: heaven and hell), or to say that it is pointless to undergo psychotherapy (in religious terms: to go to church, confess one's sins and pray) can be deeply offensive to people who have subscribed to the religion of psychiatry. It's like telling a Muslim, Jew, or Christian that there is no God, that their holy book with its specific rules and regulations is the creation of a ruling class, and that following those guidelines is not necessarily in their best interest. The major difference between psychiatry and what we generally understand to be religions is that supporters of the former have never and will never acknowledge that psychiatry is a religion and not a science.
Eminem - Beautiful (OFFICAL MUSIC VIDEO) FULL UNCENSORED HQ
I just wanted to fit in... But I already told you my whole life story Not just based on my description 'Cause where you see it, from where you're sittin It's probably 110% different I guess we would have to walk a mile In each others shoes at least What size you wear? I wear 10's Let's see if you can fit your feet In my shoes, just to see What it's like, to be me I'll be you, let's trade shoes Just to see what it'd be like To feel your pain, you feel mine Go inside each others minds Just to see what we'd find Look at shit through each others eyes Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful They can all get fucked just stay true to you So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful They can all get fucked just stay true to you
WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
being a chimp....
Shantala Palat - Reel Wisdom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8CaC4RMwsM&feature=player_embedded
Ajith Theatrical: may the force be with you... :P
Val Resh: '...which path would you choose... it is something you can only decide... your's and yours' alone till the end... everything's more beautiful because we are doomed... rejoice for those around you... let go what you fear to loose... if you don't stop to look around, you'll miss... no fate but what we make... don't let somebody tell you You cant do something
Subhashree Parthasarathy: light and darkness inspire each other so strongly that they don't seem to be mutually exclusive at all.. it's the power they give each other for their individual existence, that the equation is where we are heading to, to find a solution for, in each one of our lives, in our own ways.... n in this process, the omens that we care to notice, the voices that cross us, n what we notice n indulge into, makes the difference... n yes, I’d like to out resh’s comment here, “if you don't stop to look around, you'll miss....”
ps: u ain't making the choice, the choice is making u
Shantala Palat - Reel Wisdom
fight-hope-wait-fight again... evolve.. n there's a new battle.
never give up. never give in.
-- SUBHASHREE
Introducing Mad People's History
Dalip Daswani: http://vimeo.com/13399710
Gurudatt Kundapurkar: Thnx Dalip for sharing this vimeo. In our self-help group our members (persons with mental illness) are known as shubharthis, literally meaning seekers of well-being. The shubharthis' caregivers are known as shubhankars, meaning well-wishers of shubharthis. Volunteers working for this cause are saathis, companions, friends. Yet, I discovered that even 'shubharthi' was another label but without any negative implications. My apprehension was confirmed when a shubharthi, in our support group meeting, said that she told the doctor that as she wasn't a shubharthis any longer, there is no need for her to take medicines! Would love to hear from you all. Thanks.
The Red Door: 'madness is different....if...if...if...' yet we are individuals? 'Take responsibility of my life? Is that LEGAL?....EXACTLY...is THIS LEGAL?...how many people are aware that even someone as 'recovered' or 'functional' as a few of us do not have legal capacity, which wipes away everything other 'normal' people are entitled to. A simple contract/bank forms/insurance/rents...anything that requires a signature for documentation purposes will not be valid for us because the laws of this country and many others do not give us such rights.
Then for the benefit of my self-humor I would call myself a Schizophrenian...a different species. Where even after recovery there isn't any benefit where there are 90laws which will prohibit me from seeking employment because of the term 'unsound mind'. The very laws begin by discriminating....
Shantala Palat My views on this film...Bridge to Terabithia...
a world of fantasy...imagination that knows no limits or boundaries...a world which you can escape into...away from the school bullies, the drudgery of life....and yet imagination has its dangers and sorrows too...It can never forever remain a alternate world and Jess truly understood it well...Between tears and smiles, the music of joy and creativity continued to play on....
I wonder what you folks think of the film...Is imagination good or dangerous for us? Is it therapy or escape from the real world?....
Niki Ray: Imagination is good in a positive manner but it should not be mistaken for hallucination. Firstly to have an imagination proves intelligence, creativity and the presence of an active mind. In a realistic world one doesn't really give in to imagination.
Aparna Sanyal: This is one of my favourite topics, Shantala! I remember reading about John Nash talking about his years of hallucination - he said there was no way he could have figured out he was imagining those voices and circumstances: after all, they came from the same place that his ideas on economics and mathematics came from. If the latter was feted and lauded, how was he to figure out that the former would work to destroy him vis-a-vis the 'real' world? There is another beautiful series of films on mathematical genius and madness, on similar lines... introduced to me by Durgadas Menon, if I am not mistaken. I think our thoughts and imagination are beautiful things; they are what makes us human. But they can turn against us sometimes... perhaps the way to regain control is to work with them, not against them. It takes time and patience... but perhaps in the end, is more long lasting? And perhaps we define the real world too narrowly? There is some fascinating work being done in the field of consciousness studies... makes you wonder what reality really is...
Another thing that really haunted me was the story of the illiterate, peasant girl - Joan of arc... who led the French to victory with the help of the voices... and yet, the voices could not come to her rescue when she needed them most, and she was burnt at the stake.
What if the reality around you is so cruel and harsh that it makes better sense to be in a different world? That's not so irrational, is it?
Val Resh: 1. What is termed 'escapism' for some is a possibility for few others. 'I am not condemned because I see what I see, but because you do not see what I see'. This escapism/possibility is a different or alternate state of reality where many existences are allowed to exist in their own natural authentic forms without being disturbed by what is the 'real' or without disturbing the 'real'. Logically speaking, the real then turns out to be the escapism from the other possible reality
2. It doesn't remain 'forever' , because the unimaginative or less imaginative people surrounding them would not allow it so because they simply have no clue or experience of it. Hence, majority speaks...and the fantasy world remains in fantasy world. The minute it mixes it becomes madness because it is then based on the forced perceptions of others.
3. Imagine when you sometimes have dreams that can seem unbelievably real to you?Where you truly felt / you touched/ smelt/ flew/ swam/ played/ etc....Imagine that these very states and the characters from the dream step out and stand beside you or sits in the couch next to you mother? Is that madness/ imagination/ dream/ fantasy/ escapism/ possibility/ alternate realities?
Dalip Daswani: What does it mean - "being realistic"? What is "reality"? "Perhaps we define the real world (reality?) too narrowly?" asks Aparna.. is it "irrational" to want to be in "a different world" she goes on.. to want to be in one's own make-believe world.. hmmm.. "the crazy ones".. [1:07]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX9GTUMh490&feature=related
how about seeing and describing *imagination* simply as imaginative? :) -- with possibility and potential for everything under the sun -- good, bad, safety, danger, therapy, madness, escape, fantasy, etc. etc...
Aparna Sanyal: Agree, Dalip Daswani.
Val Resh: Aparna Sanyal ....speaking of Joan of Arc...is it that we seem to think she needed the voices to come to her rescue because others wanted to acknowledge their existences? If Joan has been hearing them all her life & no one else did but only her, then why must the voices show up to others who simply had blind ears, or for that matter save her at the stake. If she wasn't at the stake she would not have been Joan of Arc. 25 years later after her execution, she was pronounced innocent & declared a martyr...(similar as the story of Galileo who said the Earth was round) Perhaps, the voices freed her off this requirement. This 'normal' requirement to be saved. Here in lies the paradox again.
Following her trial,(quoting Wiki):
1. There was no testimony against her, yet they denied her a legal adviser.
2. "Asked if she knew she was in God's grace, she answered: 'If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.'"[45] The question is a scholarly trap. Church doctrine held that no one could be certain of being in God's grace. If she had answered yes, then she would have convicted herself of heresy. If she had answered no, then she would have confessed her own guilt.
3. The Bishop denied her appeals, she was kept under the supervision of English soldiers instead of nuns, and many of the transcripts were altered to her disfavor. It was evident that she agreed to wear female clothing (the only reason for her disguise as a male was to fight the war) but the soldiers were ordered to molest her & tore those very clothing and left her with nothing but her male outfit to cover herself.
'The Voice' is a very personal experience perhaps not meant to be heard/seen/shared by others because it might just make everyone mad because they might not be given the gene of acceptance & genuine blind belief in existences seemingly unexplainable. If all 19yr old girls like Joan (during her era) heard the same voice, how many would really have the balls to cut their hair/disguise as a page and do what Joan did. Then surely enough Joan would call herself 'the chosen one'. Hence, it does stand to her believe as she was capable to take it further...it wasn't the voices who put her at the stake...it was mankind who did so for the fight of power....and they still continue doing so even in today's world.
Ajith Theatrical: i guess if ther is somethng universal, its only fantasy,fiction or hallucinations...
Realities are always relative, like a boy peeping out of a train and sees trees rushing backwards.... he believes that its the trees that are running backwards....not the train that moves forward..... maybe we can brand it as childish imagination and refusal of laws of motion....but only a mind not overpopulated by postulates n facts dares to ask questions....mayb i am dreaming f posting this commnt...mayb its just a figmnt f my imagination... as long as i m in this, its my reality....
supporting aparna ma'm view, i hav another movie suggstn.... Guillermo del Toro's Pan's labyrinth....
try n watch it guys...n realize which is more cruel....fantasy r reality....
Val Resh: Every1 shud be allowed their reality & belief...cruelty is relative in either 'worlds'. Acceptance & the freedom to choose is perhaps the path towards keeping both worlds co-existingly peaceful.
(between Sept 16th - 22nd)
How to make your own sketchbook?
Materials:
assorted papers, these could include single-lined, double-lined, art, craft, sketch, origami, newspaper, ...YOU COULD USE ANY PAPER as per your creativity
scissors/craft knife
glue/fevi-stick
old magazines/newspapers
strings/ropes/old cloth/anything that would hold the book together
needle/compass/anything pointed & sharp to poke holes for binding
* kids & grown ups too; please be under supervision when using sharp objects!
Fold the selected into half. Measurement is according to the half the size of an A4 paper (8.5" X 11.5"). You could vary the sizes and fold them inwards, as long as your final book is the required size & 24pages max (including cover)
Vary or not vary, its up to you to decide how you want your sketch book to look like.
Having all 12 folded papers together (now 24 total), poke through either using a needle (I used a compass for mine - since I made the binder using an old piece of cloth) or any pointed object. (Refer to the image below. It hardly took 10 minutes after obviously spending hours ransacking all my notebooks)
Run the rope or string through the holes from the outside cover and then inwards into the middle of the book. You could leave the strings untied as they are, in case you wish to re-shuffle the papers or change them.
Make your own cover if you wish too using old hardboards, diary covers, plastic files, or decoupage them. It's up to you!
Your sketch book is now ready to be used. According to the types of paper you have, you can select your range of mediums: sketch pencils/ water colors/acrylics/pastels/oil pastels/colors pencils/etc. Just remember: all mediums will have their individual properties. With pencils and pastels you will need to use a fixative to prevent smudging. (it would be advisable if you put tracing/butter papers in between unprotected sketches)
GET ON! CREATE! GET GOING! LET YOUR CREATIVITY FLOW! IT STARTS NOW!