by Amy Bell | Aug 30, 2022 | Ideas
Reflections on Social Media and it’s relationship with comic artists and cartoonists. The peer-reviewed article Published in JoCat, was written in 2018 and edited in 2021 for publication without changing data from the 2018 exploration of how fans play a role in...
by Amy Bell | Jun 20, 2021 | Ideas
Having mental health depends on our resilience. Our resilience depends upon our ability to respond, rather than react, and a readiness for forgiveness. Much of this stems from our Temperament which we are born with, and is wrapped up in Attachment Theory. However, we...
by Amy Bell | Jun 1, 2021 | Seasonal
It is June, and the winter darkness has truly descended. The hibernation time has begun, if you follow the rhythms of nature and find you sleep longer during the dark months. Often folks reflect on feelings of darkness and light, which like the seasons are described...
by Amy Bell | May 20, 2021 | Therapy
In May we saw news of comedian, Magda Szubanski, and “egg boy”, Will Connolly helping bushfire survivors in NSW using art therapy, and on abc news about “art as therapy” delivered as a peer support workshop for PTSD. “Many clinicians have acknowledged art expression...
by Amy Bell | Apr 20, 2021 | Seasonal
March bore witness to the cycles and power of nature. Again. The last 12 months have caused cartoonists and journalists to reflect on the biblical end times and astrological shifts of the masculine and feminine. Sensational perhaps. Yet so full of fear and anxiety,...