MONUMENTS TO MENTAL HEALTH

Any EXPRESSION THROUGH WHICH HUMAN BEINGS REFLECT ON SOMETHING AND WANT TO SHARE IDEAS OR STORIES MAY BE CALLED A MONUMENT.

A MONUMENT TO MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL LIFE, IN A BROAD SENSE, COULD BE AN ARTEFACT OR PLACE BUT ALSO A POEM, AS MUCH AS AN IMAGE OR A MUSICAL COMPOSITION: ANYTHING HUMAN BEINGS DO, ULTIMATELY, HAS TO DO WITH THE MIND.

WHAT I AM ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN, HOWEVER, IS HUMAN ATTEMPTS TO CELEBRATE MENTAL HEALTH IN A SELF-REFLECTIVE, ORGANISED, HISTORICAL WAY.

TO SPEAK OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND RECOVERY, AND OF IDEALS OF NORMALITY OR HAPPINESS AS NATURAL EXPERIENCES OF HUMANS AS ANIMATED BEINGS, AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETIES OF DIFFERENT SORTS. I WANT TO PRESENT HERE A SELECTION OF MUSEUMS, EVENTS, PERFORMANCES; BUT ALSO FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, NARRATIVES THAT I FOUND ESPECIALLY ENRICHING (OR FLAWED) FOR HOW THEY EXPLORE THE THEME OF MENTAL HEALTH.