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Burried depression??
I've always noticed that when I draw people, especially what I think are interpretations of myself, they always look sad and depressed... Would this be a kind of reflection of myself? Like maybe Im actually sad and depressed but don't really notice it because its so normal to me?? Thanks in advance to all responses.
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Encouraging long-term depressives to vent and explore their feelings through arts like drawing, sketching and painting is an effective and common therapy. Their output isn't always depressive. It's just as likely to be vibrant, exciting, chaotic etc. Thinking about it, do you like Vincent Van Gogh? Total depressive...but wow! His paintings SING out life, Passionate, vibrant....the clouds seem to move, the trees and cornfields lashing in the wind as you look at them. Ok...I love Vincent! His portraits and self portraits do look gloomy, troubled, introspective...sometimes dark. Do others think YOUR portraits convey this, or just you? If the general feel is they are down-beat they may very well be reflecting your inner feelings when you produced them. As good art should. If you didn't do it deliberately, and it's not down to faulty skills/technique. Doesn't mean you're suffering from depression by any means. If you're otherwise functioning ok, you're almost certainly ok. Maybe this is a facet of the human condition your work taps naturally into? Your style? Ps...if you want to see EVERY nuance of human nature captured to perfection in faces...Rembrandt! And yes, his own life had troubled periods...his works
reflect them. You're in good company with these two Dutch masters I think?? Vincent's passion, and Rembrandt's most incisive and revealing best drew on some inner depression. X
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