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Marbles : MANIA, DEPRESSION, MICHELANGELO & ME

Call no.: : 741.5973/FOR
Author: : Ellen Forney
Contributor: : Faeza Hanim Binti Morshidi
Summary: In her graphic memoir of living with bipolar disorder, cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the connection between being "crazy" and being "creative," weaving in tales of well-known bipolar authors and artists. Forney's bipolar disorder was identified not long before she turned thirty. She started a years-long battle to find mental stability while maintaining her passions and creativity after becoming blatantly manic and fearing that medications would make her lose creativity. As she shares her own story through striking black-and-white images and expressive writing style, Forney's memoir, which is both darkly hilarious and intensely personal, offers an intense sneak peak into the effects of a psychiatric condition on an artist's work.