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Polish Artist Illustrates His Fight Against Depression In Mysterious Dark Paintings
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Depression is not easy thing to deal with, but sometimes you can take your weakness and turn it into something beautiful.
That's exactly what polish artist Dawid Planeta did - to help himself he created an imaginary world where a small man is traveling through long forgotten jungle meeting his weaknesses and fears presented as giant animals with glowing eyes. The vision created by the artist is dark, mysterious, and very beautiful.
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#1
“One challenge at a time, I try to turn into the face of fear and tell it “you are not my master, you are the product of my self and I am your master.” I look into the monster’s eyes until it disappears. Then I am free.” ― Rohvannyn Shaw
Peace brother, from a fellow cronic depressed person. My battle has finally taken to peace time. My horror is; one day I feel courageous fearless and free. The very next day I am back to dieing inside. Thanking my maker I no longer own a gun.
#2
“Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, both dark and bright, and they will ensnare your soul.” ― Robert Beatty, Serafina and the Black Cloak
#3
“Allow the power to flow through you. Don’t try to capture it. You wish only to borrow it.” ― G.G. Collins
#4
“The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy.” ― Floriano Martins
#5
“If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo
#6
“Stopping, sitting down and finding time for reflection are considered to be the most essential action related to fulfilling a human’s destination.” ― Sunday Adelaja
#7
“The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow.” ― Shannon L. Alder
#8
“The stiller you are the calmer life is.” ― Rasheed Ogunlaru
I like this one. In my interpretation this portrays the calmness and contentment of solidarity. Just having your own little island in the sky to yourself. The breeze through your hair and the scent of wild flowers upon a gentle fog. All you need now are a couple cushions, bucket of food and water, a nice sketch pad and pencils or reading book. I wouldn't mind my own sky island.
#9
“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” ― J.M. Barrie, The Little White Bird
“We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.” - Lucretius
#10
“Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso
Ruellen, it is very telling that this art work is gray. Years ago, I went through a divorce & I never saw color. It was a situational depression & only lasted about 6 months, but, it was excruciatingly painful, ,so I have some personal experience . My life has been , &, still is good even though I'm taking care of a dying husband. Clinical depression has chemical changes in the brain. That's why meds help. Barbaric as it was, when I was in nursing school , I watched electric shock treatments of patients in a hospital setting. They lost memory , & sometimes their depression. Now, mental health tx is more humane.
#11
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra
#12
“Fear is the ghost of ancient. It consumes faithless human.” ― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
#13
“There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.” ― Vincent Van Gogh
What if one cannot warm himself? I sit by a fire and cannot help but burn myself. It's a beautiful destructive flower.
#14
“To be wise means to know when to stay silent.” ― Kamand Kojouri
A dragon! Words are the greatest tool humanity has. Learning to understand the meaning of them is humanities greatest weakness.
#15
“Fear is the ghost of ancient. It consumes faithless human.” ― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
#16
“I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.” ― David Archuleta
#17
“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” ― Abbie Hoffman
#19
“There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days, and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature of a day, so do I.” ― John Steinbeck
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Hey, I suffer from clinical depression, and medication really does help. But all this art which seems to glorify it.................is just so depressing to see. I think I'll go for the cute elephants and sweet dogs, who are inspirations, if you don't mind.
I really love the art, but I agree it has turned into glorification. I would enjoy it more without depression thrown onto every piece. Starts to just look like propaganda for mental illness.
this is the artists own personal way of dealing with depression...not glorifying it just illuminating it
It doesn't glorify depression it glorifies beating depression with means other then brain chemistry altering drugs which you're obviously dependent on and that's clearly what really offends you here is evenone applauds the man who faced the storm and beat it on his own but nobody is going to give a shit about you or all the others who took the easy drug addict's way out enjoy your artificial happy chemicals and kittens and puppies and every other false security you take comfort in life and let the rest of us appreciate the truly extraordinary without you dampening our parade with your pissy opinions.
It's sad that this gets processed as a negative thing. I see it as a way to reach out to others who have suffered the same and let them know that they aren't alone, that beautiful things can even come out of that. Some people need cute little puppies, but some of us are inspired in other ways.
I can be scrolling through things on this site. I really like looking at the art, but a lot of the art I site is an artist expressing
Their depression. It is a serious topic and all, but I would like to see other art, not just about depression more often.
I'm a nurse & don't like dark suffering minds. As Caitlyn says, I've seen the correct medicine work wonders. Some times it takes a little time to find the right one .
Depressed people: take drugs so Nancy will like you.
Wombat34: you evidently think Nancy is pushing drugs for "big pharma". It's easy to criticize when you are not in that position. I tried a number of things to help with my depression, and drugs were the only thing that did the job. I was down to one emotion and that was anger. I went through about a dozen before I found one that worked without bad side effects. it was a long haul with a few periods of giving up. You wouldn't believe how much better my life is and the lives that have to deal with me, with the help of those drugs.
I suffer from depression too. I've been on meds for years now and I'm just starting to get off of them. I'm really glad this moment finally came and that I'm ready for it. Meds dull your pain, but also dull your other feelings. And your mind. Funny how I started feeling and expressing anger for the first time in years and I have to deal with it again ;) And don't get me wrong, I would have never survived this without meds (which doesn't mean others can't). But they are just meant to be out of your life at some point.
im very hesitant about taking meds for my depression because of all the side effects...cant figure out if its worth it
Ruellen, it is very telling that this art work is gray. Years ago, I went through a divorce & I never saw color. It was a situational depression & only lasted about 6 months, but, it was excruciatingly painful, ,so I have some personal experience . My life has been , &, still is good even though I'm taking care of a dying husband. Clinical depression has chemical changes in the brain. That's why meds help. Barbaric as it was, when I was in nursing school , I watched electric shock treatments of patients in a hospital setting. They lost memory , & sometimes their depression. Now, mental health tx is more humane.
light comes with dark...have to embrace the darkness to fully live in the light i figure...its a daily battle
Medication is often necessary and very beneficial in treating mental illness, but it's only one piece of a complete approach to it and not always a necessary piece. For many of us, someone like this artist reaching out, letting us know we're not alone and that we are still capable of accomplishing beautiful things, that is a great comfort and encouragement.
Sorry John L , I meant you
Well I agree with both of you. I know people heal in their own way, but art does not heal everyone who is clinically depressed. Medicine can work wonders when used properly
I really do love the art in a lot of these posts, just seems that lately the vast majority have depression in the tagline. I hope that it isn't just a ploy for more attention, because the art is wonderful as it is, without knowing it was inspired by sadness.
It doesn't matter why created the art, each of us should take whatever we need from it. That's how art works. For many of us, hearing that another has suffered the same and furthermore seeing beautiful pictures that they created as they fought through that, or perhaps later looking back on it, this can be a great comfort encouragement. Isee it more as being done for others than for himself. But don't let any of this change his art for you, it should just be whatever it is for you personally.
my thoughts exactly
I think it's just people being honest. Everybody has their doubts and insecurities. Usually these posts don't say "this is my entire life", it's just that people don't feel a creative need to express how happy we are. We're weird that way.
Hey, I suffer from clinical depression, and medication really does help. But all this art which seems to glorify it.................is just so depressing to see. I think I'll go for the cute elephants and sweet dogs, who are inspirations, if you don't mind.
I really love the art, but I agree it has turned into glorification. I would enjoy it more without depression thrown onto every piece. Starts to just look like propaganda for mental illness.
this is the artists own personal way of dealing with depression...not glorifying it just illuminating it
It doesn't glorify depression it glorifies beating depression with means other then brain chemistry altering drugs which you're obviously dependent on and that's clearly what really offends you here is evenone applauds the man who faced the storm and beat it on his own but nobody is going to give a shit about you or all the others who took the easy drug addict's way out enjoy your artificial happy chemicals and kittens and puppies and every other false security you take comfort in life and let the rest of us appreciate the truly extraordinary without you dampening our parade with your pissy opinions.
It's sad that this gets processed as a negative thing. I see it as a way to reach out to others who have suffered the same and let them know that they aren't alone, that beautiful things can even come out of that. Some people need cute little puppies, but some of us are inspired in other ways.
I can be scrolling through things on this site. I really like looking at the art, but a lot of the art I site is an artist expressing
Their depression. It is a serious topic and all, but I would like to see other art, not just about depression more often.
I'm a nurse & don't like dark suffering minds. As Caitlyn says, I've seen the correct medicine work wonders. Some times it takes a little time to find the right one .
Depressed people: take drugs so Nancy will like you.
Wombat34: you evidently think Nancy is pushing drugs for "big pharma". It's easy to criticize when you are not in that position. I tried a number of things to help with my depression, and drugs were the only thing that did the job. I was down to one emotion and that was anger. I went through about a dozen before I found one that worked without bad side effects. it was a long haul with a few periods of giving up. You wouldn't believe how much better my life is and the lives that have to deal with me, with the help of those drugs.
I suffer from depression too. I've been on meds for years now and I'm just starting to get off of them. I'm really glad this moment finally came and that I'm ready for it. Meds dull your pain, but also dull your other feelings. And your mind. Funny how I started feeling and expressing anger for the first time in years and I have to deal with it again ;) And don't get me wrong, I would have never survived this without meds (which doesn't mean others can't). But they are just meant to be out of your life at some point.
im very hesitant about taking meds for my depression because of all the side effects...cant figure out if its worth it
Ruellen, it is very telling that this art work is gray. Years ago, I went through a divorce & I never saw color. It was a situational depression & only lasted about 6 months, but, it was excruciatingly painful, ,so I have some personal experience . My life has been , &, still is good even though I'm taking care of a dying husband. Clinical depression has chemical changes in the brain. That's why meds help. Barbaric as it was, when I was in nursing school , I watched electric shock treatments of patients in a hospital setting. They lost memory , & sometimes their depression. Now, mental health tx is more humane.
light comes with dark...have to embrace the darkness to fully live in the light i figure...its a daily battle
Medication is often necessary and very beneficial in treating mental illness, but it's only one piece of a complete approach to it and not always a necessary piece. For many of us, someone like this artist reaching out, letting us know we're not alone and that we are still capable of accomplishing beautiful things, that is a great comfort and encouragement.
Sorry John L , I meant you
Well I agree with both of you. I know people heal in their own way, but art does not heal everyone who is clinically depressed. Medicine can work wonders when used properly
I really do love the art in a lot of these posts, just seems that lately the vast majority have depression in the tagline. I hope that it isn't just a ploy for more attention, because the art is wonderful as it is, without knowing it was inspired by sadness.
It doesn't matter why created the art, each of us should take whatever we need from it. That's how art works. For many of us, hearing that another has suffered the same and furthermore seeing beautiful pictures that they created as they fought through that, or perhaps later looking back on it, this can be a great comfort encouragement. Isee it more as being done for others than for himself. But don't let any of this change his art for you, it should just be whatever it is for you personally.
my thoughts exactly
I think it's just people being honest. Everybody has their doubts and insecurities. Usually these posts don't say "this is my entire life", it's just that people don't feel a creative need to express how happy we are. We're weird that way.