by Eva Malecore
This painting is part of my series "Healing Through creativity". Despite I often saw my creations more as a poison, they certainly gave me some insights of myself.
"Sometimes an individual exhibits a lack of congruity among affect, emotion, and mood. There is a depressive disorder known as masked depression, in which the individual manifests an untrue or false self, suggesting an affect that is not authentic. For example, a person may put on a persona of happiness and contentment; but behind that smiling face may be emotions and affects of depression and rage. What eventually happens in such cases is that the mask develops cracks and the true emotions and affects become evident, both to outside observers and eventually to the person harboring them. The false self has serious implications in regard to suicide." (David M. Rosen, "Transforming Depression")
This painting is part of my series "Healing Through creativity". Despite I often saw my creations more as a poison, they certainly gave me some insights of myself.
"Sometimes an individual exhibits a lack of congruity among affect, emotion, and mood. There is a depressive disorder known as masked depression, in which the individual manifests an untrue or false self, suggesting an affect that is not authentic. For example, a person may put on a persona of happiness and contentment; but behind that smiling face may be emotions and affects of depression and rage. What eventually happens in such cases is that the mask develops cracks and the true emotions and affects become evident, both to outside observers and eventually to the person harboring them. The false self has serious implications in regard to suicide." (David M. Rosen, "Transforming Depression")