Salutations,

  I was doing a search using key words mental illness & art and happened upon this site. I am really pleased that there are groups like this out there that maybe we "mentally ill" types might actually have a few spices we can add to jazz up the big stew.

A little about me: my nickname "Muddy" came about after 5 semesters of pottery college classes and I never seemed to fail to have clay spatters(mud) on me or in my hair. I have depression and social anxiety that comes and goes and am on meds daily. I am also a mom, music lover, artist, photographer, poet, yada yada yada...."toot" <--my horn

My live in boyfriend is an amazing guitarist, pretty shy till ya get to know him & schitzophrenic. He ventured all the way from Vermont to where I am (the Idaho Panhandle) and every day is a strange & interesting adventure. We are money poor but idea rich, depressed but quite silly, frustrated but refuse to give up....sooo yeah, that's all I can think to say for now. Find us on Myspace or Flickr  and we will definately be popping in here from time to time to see what's new. 

peace, Muddy