All sky, mirror ocean : a healing manifesto / Brad Necyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Necyk, Brad, author, artist.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Necyk, Brad--Mental health.

Necyk, Brad.

Art and mental illness.

Mental healing.

Mental health.

Physical Description:

xxv, 269 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, 2024.

Summary:

"All Sky, Mirror Ocean weaves and knots autobiography, research-creation, and creative philosophy into an exploration of mental illness, healing, and visionary art. Looking to uncover and tell new stories about trauma and recovery, visual artist Brad Necyk explores his own histories with Bipolar Affective Disorder and childhood medical trauma alongside those of groups dealing with grief and loss: communities in Iqaluit aggrieved by suicide; head and neck cancer patients in Edmonton; and psychiatric inpatients at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. These lived experiences intertwine with scholarship on research-creation, neuroscience, collaboration, and altered states to reveal the understanding and acceptance that comes from acknowledging our deep connections--to ideas and emotions, to our environments, to art, and to each other. Filled with art and stream of consciousness writing, the book celebrates the spontaneous-emotional mode of creativity. Showing deep compassion and wisdom, All Sky, Mirror Ocean hopes to be an exemplar for multimodal research-creation exploration and artistic fieldwork and is for all readers looking to understand the complex issues around mental illness and healing."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Necyk, Brad. All sky, mirror ocean.

ISBN:

9781772126778

1772126772

OCLC:

1363101001