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Dissertation question ideas:

1. How is Mental Health portrayed through art and how does it effect the viewer?

2. What is the connection between Mental Health and creativity/art.

What is Mental Health?

Mental Health is a persons condition in regards to their phycological  and emotional wellbeing.

What are example of mental health related issues?

  • Depression

  • Anxiety 

  • Mania

  • Bipolar

  • Schizophrenia

  • BPD 

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What is art?

Art can really be anything including things such as :

  • literature 

  • poetry

  • paintings

  • drawings

  • sculpture

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what is creativity?

creativity is the use of imagination and ideas, it involves creating something that is interesting and includes:

  • original/new ideas 

  • something that is formed

  • physical or non physical object

  • involves making something 

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what do I associate with the word creativity?

  • art

  • writing 

  • crafting

  • fun 

  • experimentation

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Van Gogh:

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250 word statement:

For my Studio work as I'm looking at different mental health conditions and how they effect people so I chose the focus of my dissertation to be on the connection between creativity/art and mental health. I will be looking at different artists that use different forms of art to comfort, help cope and distract from everyday life as well as look into the main overlapping and common themes of why creativity is used an outlet to help with mental health.  

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I will also be comparing the modern day effects of mental health related to the past and the difference between when there was barely any/no help and research available regarding more complex metal health conditions. 

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Second Draft:

My dissertation topic relates to my studio work that is focused on mental health. This is why I chose to base my dissertation on the connection between art and mental health and how this has changed over time.

 

I first of all will talk about the reasons that art is used to cope and manage with different disabilities and mental health issues. I will be discussing the idea of if  a diagnosis is important and comparing the differences between this in the past and future. I overall will be looking into many different contemporary artsists and old masters to see the main differences and  simularities 

 

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