06 Brennan Gilbert
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Take Your Time
Mental health is too often silenced by toxic positivity. We so viciously stigmatize mental health challenges – depression, anxiety, eating disorders, etc. – that we internalize it’s better to keep quiet and “just get over it.” We’re taught that such impactful issues are trivial and we simply need to “be happy”.
This piece is a reminder that mental health struggles are not black and white. Navigating your own mental health journey takes hard work, community, and compassion; but in the end, we can feel fine in our own time..
Process: B&W Screen Print with Speedball Pro Black
Paper: Neenah 100% Cotton Acid Free Archival 90# Cover
Size: 12"x12"
Edition: 50 signed/numbered by artist
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I'm Brennan, an experimental designer walking the line between art + design. "Black and white" – or more specifically the grey area in-between – has been a theme central to not only my creative endeavors, but how I navigate and think about the world, particularly in the last few years. I feel our need as humans to try and force a false duality often leads to negative consequences: me vs. you, us vs. them, democrat vs. republican, science vs. religion, and so on. I believe that empathy is the key to seeing other's perspectives; to coming together to find that grey middle.