AustLit

'Whether we build any walls of sticks and mud, stone, possibly glass, then are placed behind them with or without lock and key, it’s the conditions we create for ourselves as mental illness sufferers that make it inhabitable for however long it is needed to find some sanity within. Medication is important, but must go hand in hand with our creativity and others support. Darren Stein explores his mind’s condition, other’s reactions, how the world perceives crazy, and touches on suicide. His ‘Nut House’ is visionary—live within a world that’s fractured, broken into misty, shards of rain. Where you are expected to pick yourself up and walk barefoot through the pane. ~ Elizabeth Akin Stelling, editor Red Dashboard author, My South By Southwest: ...Recollection' (Publication summary)