Creatives Making A Difference
‘Supporting Mental Health’
THE ANXIETY AND RELEASE CLLABORATION
Welcome to the first collaboration in an eight week, fortnightly engagement with the emotions of anxiety and release. For this particular collaboration we have paired four artists and four poets together. The poets have taken up the theme of anxiety, and the artists, in response, are engaging with the theme of release. In so doing we’re attempting to artistically and accessibly engage with the dynamics between the two emotions- the clashes and the spectrum between the two contrasting feelings. The poets and artists have been exchanging ideas over a number of weeks and what you’ll be seeing as the weeks roll by is the diverse expression of that exchange.
The idea is that we will also eventually group these collaborations together into exhibitions and installations to further promote public awareness and engagement with these issues. Your feedback on this project would be very much welcomed.
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This week’s collaboration features
Mina Polen (Poet) and Mat JimDog (Artist)
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Creative Release
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Pumping
Waves
…………pumping
right over
my chest
sea mist
…………spraying
the lining
of my heart
rising tides
…………reaching
the fragile shore
of my lungs
the whole sea
………..engulfing
swallowing
my whole body
the night
………..falling
dark and heavy
all around
waves
…………..pumping
sea mist
…………..spraying
rising tides
…………..reaching
the whole sea
………….engulfing
the night
………..falling
all at once
pumping waves
rising tides
spraying sea mist
engulfing ocean
falling night
………….slowly
…………………….finally
…………………………………fading……………….away
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Harmful Release
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You can find more about Mina and Mat here:
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Mina Polen
https://twitter.com/minafiction
http://aldebaranylosnarvales.blogspot.co.uk/
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Here’s Mina’s Weekend Showcase
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Mat JimDog
https://www.facebook.com/JimDogArt
You can see Mat’s Weekend Showcase here and also his Fear/Trust Collaboration.
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Please do come back for next Anxiety and Release Collaboration on Tuesday 15th April featuring poet Rod Kok and artist Heather Burns.
Thank you for your interest.
Your “sandwich” of paintings and poem is brilliant. The idea of release having the potential to be painful as well as creative is very affecting.
Thanks for your insightful comment Gill. I’ll pass it on to Mat and Mina. All good wishes, Nicky