Who Am I To Stop It

Tag: brain injury art

  • Who could possibly keep up with this much amazing art?

    Listen to this post:  Over the years, I’ve been in so many conversations (nah, that’s just being nice; they were arguments) about art. What is art? What is its purpose? Who gets to make it? Who gets to consume it? Why? I find the topic interesting until one person defines art by excluding everything they…

  • The Unmasking Brain Injury project

    Listen to this post:  A while back, I found out about a project where veterans can decorate and paint masks to artistically represent their experiences of TBI and/or PTSD. The images can be haunting and difficult. But having TBI and/or PTSD can be haunting and difficult, to say the least. I think it’s valuable to provide artistic…

  • “Welcome to Marwencol,” the book

    Listen to this post:  This blog has decidedly too few mentions of “Marwencol.” So here we go. Watch that film. And if you’re like me, and you wish you could look at the images from the film every day, you can buy the book, “Welcome to Marwencol.” Voila. Mark Hogencamp created the town of Marwencol at his…

  • Rodney Bentley: artist and peer supporter

    Listen to this post:  I want to introduce you to Rodney Bentley, a charcoal and graphite artist from New York State who is both deeply spiritual and heavily engaged in community service. I’m thrilled Rodney asked me to share his work here. That’s one of the big goals of this blog. (Hint hint: if you’re an artist…

  • Brain Injury Alliance of Washington Annual Brain Injury Art Show

    Listen to this post:  Just in time to catch the last five minutes of this year’s Brain Injury Alliance of Washington Annual Brain Injury Art Show! I’m very excited about this show, which is coming on the heels of The Creativity Expo over in New Jersey, a multi-media arts event that happened in July. [Image Description: A…