Recently, I took the time to reacquaint myself with a paintbrush. All year I have been feeling the gnawing urge to throw down some paint but was unable to due to time constraints. Finally, three weeks ago, I was able to do some experimenting on raw canvas. I will admit that I was a little [...]
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The Positive Impact of Artistic Activities on Adult Psychiatric Patients
By Jeffrey on October 29th, 2009Posted In: Blog,art therapy
Working in an acute care psychiatric ward within a predominantly medical based hospital can be very busy, unpredictable, and fast paced. Patients are being admitted with increasingly complex medical issues on top of their psychiatric illnesses which raises unit acuity and work load. Compounding this is a lack of funding due to a low prioritization [...]
Nurturing Artistic Territory
By Jeffrey on October 1st, 2009Posted In: Blog,General Artistic Inspirations,art therapy
Up until three weeks ago, I was hard at work on a business plan for Black Rainbow. In total, I spent about four weeks on it. During that time, I learned a few things. Business plans are really hard to write Research was difficult due to the privatized nature of most online comic businesses I [...]
Socializing with other Creatives to maintain Morale
By Jeffrey on June 25th, 2009Posted In: Blog,art therapy
As a struggling artist, I think it is crucial to converge, vent and share insecurities, insights, constructive feedback with other creative heads. Through interactions with other artists, we can learn, support, and talk about “artsy” issues that may make hard core left brained individuals in our lives roll their eyes.


