You’re Overwhelmed, Addicted, and Alone—Start Making Art

Social media connects us and disconnects us—it’s a double-edged sword, and art may just be the tool for individual and collective healing.

The world is crazy right now, collectively we are overwhelmed, overconsuming, addicted and lonely. We can watch global events unfold in real time. The democratization that social media has brought us is leaving us connected to people that we never would have been able to meet, but it still leaves us feeling addicted and alone.

We are live-streaming genocide from the computer we call our phone, the next scroll is a fart video or misinformation. The algorithm doesn't care about you, it just wants your attention.

We need to create, to play, to make art, create community and connection in person. Art, Dance, Music, Poetry, Writing - The Arts Heal.

Also, reach out to your government reps, sign online petitions for causes you care about, search locally for movements in your area online and join them in person!!

Thanks For Listening 

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Things I Yapped About and Bringing Attention to:

Coco Mocoe - https://www.instagram.com/cocomocoe

The Anxious Generation - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/171681821-the-anxious-generation?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23

Greta Thunberg - https://www.instagram.com/p/DKaYxMps39y/?hl=en&img_index=1

Vera Papisova -   She Dated Alt-Right Men for ONE YEAR Undercover *Extended Cut*

Trends in police-reported family violence and intimate partner violence in Canada, 2023 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/241024/dq241024b-eng.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Your Brain On Art - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61358662-your-brain-on-art?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18

I didn’t mention the book by Seji Tankian - Down With The System, but I just started reading his book and learning about the Armenian genocide, and I feel like it speaks perfectly to this subjec.t I can’t believe I forgot it - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199844040-down-with-the-system?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=M4p0gKf0f8&rank=1 

WizardBisan is informing the world about the Genocide happening in Palestine from the inside: https://www.instagram.com/wizard_bisan1/?hl=en

First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung - Memoir of surviving the Cambodian Genocide https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4373.First_They_Killed_My_Father?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=0X2lhLQICd&rank=1

Indigenous Genocide in Canada: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9179992/