Raise Your Words

Raise Your Words

I Still Matter is looking for guest bloggers to share their thoughts, stories or poems with readers on our blog. If you are considering submitting something you’ve written email Carmen at [email protected]. If you’ve never written a blog before but would like to try, here are a few things to remember. 1. Be real. People […]

How Words Can Hurt or Heal

How Words Can Hurt or Heal

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the impact our community puzzle had on individuals who participated. Each piece has a special meaning for the one who created it and each puzzle piece is a beautiful work of art. Here are a few moments & puzzle pieces that stick out in the minds of […]

ISM Meetup Group

ISM Meetup Group

ISM met with a small, closed group recently and here are our creations!Inspiration can come from anywhere. Each participant had a completely different story and inspiration for their art. The title of this piece is “The Bipolar Tree of Life”The inspiration for this piece is the Matisse Embrace. Matisse is a 20th Century French artist.The title […]

Teen Manages Depression With Art

Teen Manages Depression With Art

Hello, my name is Madeline. I am 14, in the 8th grade and I am a passionate artist. I also live with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. I grew up with an emotionally, verbally and sometimes physically abusive father. I developed my mental illnesses during this time after constantly walking on eggshells. Since […]