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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
Tawni Warsing 8 years ago
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.
Sarah Lennie 8 years ago
I totally, totally understand. Depression on & off for 20 yrs and counting, and I'm currently in a good place, but it can turn so quickly. x
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Emily Vance 8 years ago
the weight of the whole animal new to the tiny person is impressive... powerful image...
Black Arrow 8 years ago
Omg, I feel you. I have done something a lot like this to help with my sadness (haven't been diagnosed with depression but I'm pretty sure) except mine are nowhere near as mind-blowing. I posted my pics too but they can't stand up to this! Keep arting and I hope you feel better soon!
Rebecca Gichuki 8 years ago
I've never fully understood depression but I know not to make light of it as a condition. This image fully brings to mind, for me, what that could feel like. The quote beneath it really makes me feel small and frightened. It may be a rhino, an herbivore, but it is large and dark and scary and I am small and in that same darkness and must face down that large scary creature - I think I understand a little more now.
Cheryl Birkhimer 8 years ago
Fellow sufferers everywhere, my heart aches for you. Keep on fighting, help is out there. Never give in, even on the darkest frightening days. Easier said than done I know. One minute @ a time. God Bless you.
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#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
Yasmin Hakim 8 years ago
So beautiful! We each meditate differently. This is your way. Each of us needs to find our way of meditating and quieting the "thoughts".
Lilla Borbély 8 years ago
It looks like it is from Doctor Who - Christmas Carol episode. By the way I really like it!
#3
“Allow the power to flow through you. Don’t try to capture it. You wish only to borrow it.” ― G.G. Collins
Rosa Greyhound 8 years ago
This is my favourite - the majesty of the reindeer and the curiousness of the diver
#4
“The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy.” ― Floriano Martins
Kimberly Bainter 8 years ago
I pray that I never become my own enemy... because I fear that I am so powerful I could never defeat me...
#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
Colin Hamilton 8 years ago
This is 1 i can relate to, im alone, but theres always someone there watching .but i know 1 day i will be free from them all.
#7
“The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow.” ― Shannon L. Alder
Krystyna Ostaszewska 8 years ago
Niemiecke przysłowie mówi :-"Jutro,jutro-mówią wszyscy leniwi ludzie" , a polskie przysłowie mówi : "Co masz zrobić jutro - zrób dziś".
#8
“The stiller you are the calmer life is.” ― Rasheed Ogunlaru
georgia 8 years ago
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.
Harvey Tydeman 8 years ago
i think its about him contemplating suicide, the big drop he's looking over while standing so close to the edge
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caut contabila 8 years ago
in my opinion it's all about being on the edge ) just few steps forward to suicide or few steps backwards to the inner peace
Carlos Javier Blanco Chuecos 8 years ago
I've seen this before, first seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkN55Y_xNTQ
#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
Anne Madag 8 years ago
“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
Nancy E 8 years ago
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.
Heather Smalley 8 years ago
Electro shock therapy is still in use but, thankfully, it's an optional treaatmrnt the person must consent to.
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Greta Lindberg 8 years ago
These are great works. I'd love to get in touch with some artists working on this theme. It's for an exhibition in Paris. Any suggestions?
Toluni lundhal 8 years ago
i think ur drawings are beautiful and amazing how you can explain depression through drawings and its really good that drawings kind help you through depression and its a good way to get it out
#11
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra
Marco A. Pollano Martinez 8 years ago
Coatlicue it's the "Mother of all Gods" in the Aztec pantheon
#12
“Fear is the ghost of ancient. It consumes faithless human.” ― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
Harvey Tydeman 8 years ago
why does the statue have glowing eyes? yet the human doesn't, is the statue alive? am i overthinking this?
#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
Jesus Wäre 8 years ago
What if one cannot warm himself? I sit by a fire and cannot help but burn myself. It's a beautiful destructive flower.
Kimberly Bainter 8 years ago
I come to warm myself, and often linger until I fall asleep there...
#14
“To be wise means to know when to stay silent.” ― Kamand Kojouri
Sara Jenkins 8 years ago
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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John L 8 years ago
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.
Daniel Dinnendahl 8 years ago
this is the artists own personal way of dealing with depression...not glorifying it just illuminating it
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Nancy E 8 years ago
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 .
Wombat34 8 years ago
Depressed people: take drugs so Nancy will like you.
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Kevin Donegan 8 years ago
It seems there are a lot of Polish artists suffering from depression who post on Bored Panda.
Daniel Dinnendahl 8 years ago
i love these paintings ! the mood, scale and atmosphere are amazing ! enlightening to finally see something visualized that has been impossible to desribe my whole life
Maite Barros 8 years ago
You had ONE job, pandaboring, and you totally messed it up. Seriously? "Sometimes you can take your weakness and turn it into something beautiful", that's the line you're going with? Depression is NOT a weakness. Depression is an illness. Yes, it sounds nitpicky. And I am sure pandaboring didn't mean to imply that those who suffer from depression are simply weaker people. But you did do that, pandaboring. Be more careful in the future, because, as stated in quite a few of the comments below, there is a sense of glorifying depression here, as something the creative geniuses of the world must endure in order to be creative. Eff you and your expectations: people are creative in spite of their difficulties, not because of them.
Raoul L'artiste 6 years ago (edited)
I had clinical depression for over 13 years, no meds, no help, nothing. I just wish noone the same experience.
David Camacho 8 years ago
Maybe I'm seeing these comments from the wrong perspective but I'm getting a kind of, 'I was depressed before it was cool' pompous attitude from some people... Depression is not something to be proud of, it's a battle people are struggling to win and some people are losing... their lives.
John L 8 years ago
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.
Daniel Dinnendahl 8 years ago
this is the artists own personal way of dealing with depression...not glorifying it just illuminating it
Load More Replies... Nancy E 8 years ago
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 .
Wombat34 8 years ago
Depressed people: take drugs so Nancy will like you.
Load More Replies... Kevin Donegan 8 years ago
It seems there are a lot of Polish artists suffering from depression who post on Bored Panda.
Daniel Dinnendahl 8 years ago
i love these paintings ! the mood, scale and atmosphere are amazing ! enlightening to finally see something visualized that has been impossible to desribe my whole life
Maite Barros 8 years ago
You had ONE job, pandaboring, and you totally messed it up. Seriously? "Sometimes you can take your weakness and turn it into something beautiful", that's the line you're going with? Depression is NOT a weakness. Depression is an illness. Yes, it sounds nitpicky. And I am sure pandaboring didn't mean to imply that those who suffer from depression are simply weaker people. But you did do that, pandaboring. Be more careful in the future, because, as stated in quite a few of the comments below, there is a sense of glorifying depression here, as something the creative geniuses of the world must endure in order to be creative. Eff you and your expectations: people are creative in spite of their difficulties, not because of them.
Raoul L'artiste 6 years ago (edited)
I had clinical depression for over 13 years, no meds, no help, nothing. I just wish noone the same experience.
David Camacho 8 years ago
Maybe I'm seeing these comments from the wrong perspective but I'm getting a kind of, 'I was depressed before it was cool' pompous attitude from some people... Depression is not something to be proud of, it's a battle people are struggling to win and some people are losing... their lives.
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