Criar e viver na penumbra: criação contra o sofrimento psíquico

Abstract

The work I present began with an exploration of the theme of “melancholy,” and aimed to report my personal experience with depression, seeking to shed some light on the subject. Over time, however, the territory expanded and became more complex: just as I was able to overcome the state of melancholic inertia, I also expanded my horizons beyond the pain and my psychological suffering. In this way, I present a story of a journey: I want to tell in a poetic way through records of the process how I was able to leave the depressive state for one of constant renewal through creation, which Fayga Ostrower (1999) calls “psychic tension.” I present this work in detail in a research study as a way of narrating that, by connecting creation and living, all transformation becomes possible.