Art Against Mental Illness
Alex Loveless - a visual artist - talks about healing powers of creativity and provides practical tips, based on his own experience, for using the creative process for the upkeep of mental health and therapy for mental illness. Alex discusses putting the creative journey at the centre of life for artists, art lovers, the art curious, and anyone with an interest in mental health and mental illness.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 49
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Walking Therapy: Art, Illustration and the Great Masters of Fantastical Art
Alex wonders the Scottish countryside and laments the lack of recognition for illustrators and fantastical artists, despite their significant contributions to art and culture.
00:28:21 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Walking Therapy: Balls to Conformity
Alex christens a new type of episodes called 'Walking Therapy', despite the fact that several episodes of the kind have already been published. In this episode he discusses the wide range of styles a…
00:28:21 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
Therapeutic Outlet: Bach and Forth
Alex takes a dreamy stroll through the woods and discusses how listening to challenging music like Bach's Well Tempered Clavier can be beneficial to creativity, why finishing things is not that impor…
00:20:39 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Therapeutic Outlet: Farewell Ozzy, Renaissance Man
Alex pays tribute to the legend that was Ozzy Osbourne and the lessons that we can learn from his incredible life and work in our journey of creativity and mental wellness.
00:14:28 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Short Stories - Alex Reads 'The Fall'
Alex reads his short book of art and verse, 'The Fall', a raw depiction of a recent mental health crisis and its effect on him and those around him. Content warning: this episode contains references …
00:43:04 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Momentum Part 2 - Wanders in the Countryside with Alex
In stark contrast to the barely controlled chaos of part 1, Alex gets chill and takes us on a windy wonder through the Scottish countryside and extols the virtues of getting away from your daily grin…
00:55:48 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Short Stories - Honey Bees and Serendipities
Alex recounts a recent experience where the appearance of a honey bee swarm lead to the sale of an artwork.
00:21:59 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Talking Therapy - Poetry, Performance and the Past with Tom Langlands and Lesley Buchan Donald
Alex chats to Tom Langlands and Lesley Buchan Donald about their ambitious projects to get the Perthshire public creating, writing and performing. We hear the story of how they found each other and f…
01:05:55 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
Momentum Part 1 - How to Procrastinate in the AI Era
Alex has been distracted, _big time_. This is the story of failing to get things done, getting insulted by a belligerent AI, and having to set priorities or risk total logjam. Part one is a noirish p…
00:47:02 |
Mon 26 May 2025
Talking Therapy - Cinemas, Collaboration and Creativity in the Community with Peter Laisen
Alex talks to Peter Laisen, founder of the charity Auchterarder Picturehouse CREW, about creativity in the community, inspiring the young and old to get involved, the challenges and motivations of re…
00:54:29 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
Therapeutic Outlet - Everything Changes
Alex recounts his recent life changes, muses on hope, change and laptop stands all while tussles with a malignant, omniscient AI Alex. Spooky!
00:40:11 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
Sharing is Caring...Amen Brother!
Alex introduces his new cover image and intro track and takes us on a journey through their creation, meandering through the creative commons, via the enchanted lands of the Amen Break before falling…
00:29:05 |
Sat 22 Mar 2025
You Are a Fractal Pattern - Creativity, Beauty and Diversity (and Lego)
Alex goes deep, discussing the role of novelty and scarcity in art, how beauty emerges from complexity, and how diversity is essential for creativity to exist. The question is, how does all that rela…
00:19:56 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Introducing Creative Squares
Alex introduces his new podcast Creative Squares where he and Mark Burden discuss the intersection between art, science, maths and technology. In episode 1 they discuss the fascinating concept of the…
00:49:57 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Your Attention Please!
Alex discusses how attention is the most valuable commodity in the world and asks whether you are using yours wisely.
00:25:21 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Talking Therapy - Making it up as you go with Jen DeHaan
Alex talks to comedy improv artist Jen DeHaan about the transformative power of improvisational comedy
00:49:57 |
Sun 16 Feb 2025
Learning How to Learn
From his studio Alex discusses the importance of understanding your own learning style and recounts his own experiences of learning how to learn.
00:33:05 |
Sun 09 Feb 2025
Joy in Repetition
Alex, while discovering he's really not a closet fan of romance literature, finds that there is a certain magic to doing one thing really well, through a journey via identity crisis and Barbara Cartl…
00:18:27 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
Talking Therapy - Grief and Gratitude with Caitlin Hanna
Alex talks to artist Caitlin Hanna, about grief, mental health, and neurodiversity. Caitlin discusses her art as therapy, creating zines, and the challenges of emotional expression in art.
00:44:45 |
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Therapeutic Outlet - Start as you mean to go on
Alex discusses his approach to 2025 and most definitely doesn't make any New Year's resolutions. He rants quite a lot but also says lots of nice, calming things too.
00:39:35 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
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