The Artidote: Knowing others are going through the same struggle helps you know you’re not alone
Virtual community provides safe space for discussion on mental health and healing through art — K2.0 speaks to its founder.
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"I think of social media as a tool, like a hammer. And you can both build the house with a hammer or smash somebody’s head."
"This is a real problem in our society right now, to have negative vs. positive emotions — because they are all just emotions and we should embrace all of them."
"Art allowed me to be present, and to put thoughts and emotions and feelings to the things happening around me. It allowed me to focus."
"If you can just be supportive to the mental wellbeing of your best friend — that can be enough."
"If you really talk to people who are super happy and just emanate so much life, you are gonna realize that that light does not come from never having suffered."
Cristina Marí
Cristina Marí is a board member of K2.0. Cristina has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University Complutense of Madrid in Spain and the University of Bucharest, Romania.
This story was originally written in English.