Welcome to Icarus
The Icarus Project envisions a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of 'mental illness' rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework.
We are a network of people living with experiences that are commonly labeled as bipolar or other psychiatric conditions. We believe we have mad gifts to be cultivated and taken care of, rather than diseases or disorders to be suppressed or eliminated. By joining together as individuals and as a community, the intertwined threads of madness and creativity can inspire hope and transformation in an oppressive and damaged world. Our participation in The Icarus Project helps us overcome alienation and tap into the true potential that lies between brilliance and madness.
Read our Welcome page
Read about our vision and goals
Read the Icarus Organizational Blog
A slideshow of the recent 11-08 Icarus coordinator collective retreat at High Point Farm in New York state. Thanks to Fountain House for providing the beautiful venue, and to all the participants -- including the lamas and alpacas!
You can now download a free .pdf format version of the wildly successful Icarus zine "Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness: A Reader of Bipolar Worlds," edited by Ashley and Sascha. Check it out in our Resources section, and feel free to spread it around and link to it on other sites:
Icarus organizers Eddy and Neil flew to Oxford England for the "First Global Conference on Madness." Read about it here and on 
The wild Icarus menagerie has been up to all sorts of amazing feats and adventures over the past six months, and it's time to take a breather and try to make some notes about it all...
Minneapolis MN USA Icarus organizers who are part of the North Star Health Collective are teaming up with Icaristas from NY and St. Louis to organize a jointly sponsored Wellness Center at the upcoming Republican National Convention Sept 1-4! Read more about the plan...
