Welcome To Icarus

The Icarus Project is a radical mental health support network, online community, and alternative media project by and for people struggling with extreme emotional distress that often gets labeled as mental illness. We envision a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework. We believe these experiences are dangerous gifts needing cultivation and care, rather than diseases or disorders. By joining together as individuals and as a community, the intertwined threads of madness, creativity, and collaboration can inspire hope and transformation in an oppressive and damaged world. Participation in The Icarus Project helps us overcome alienation and tap into the true potential that lies between brilliance and madness.

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Modern Times Art Opening

Submitted by Icarus Project on Thu, 09/20/2012 - 6:37pm

Photos from the 10th Anniversary art show opening at Modern Times are now online. Check em out.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87521564@N08/sets/72157631584756479/

 

The Icarus Project: 10th Anniversary Celebration

Submitted by Icarus Project on Wed, 09/19/2012 - 12:22am

The Icarus Project~10 Year Anniversary Celebration

Thursday, Sep 20, 2012 6:00p to 7:00p
El RioSan Francisco, CA
 

 

Mindful Occupation Booklet now at AK Press!

Submitted by Icarus Project on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 2:38am
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We're excited to announce that the Icarus-inspired booklet "Mindful Occupation: Rising Up Without Burning Out" is now available from AK Press.

http://www.akpress.org/mindful-occupation.html

(And of course, available for free download for printing, reading, or distributing from the M/O website at: http://mindfuloccupation.org/)

 

"There is an urgent need to talk publicly about the relationship between social injustice and our mental health. We need to start redefining what it actually means to be mentally healthy, not just on an individual level, but on collective, communal, and global levels. This booklet is a valuable beginning of that conversation."

New 10th Anniversary Posters

Submitted by silverelf on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 2:52pm
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Sarah Quinter has made us an amazing new poster for the 10th Anniversary. We'll post post the B&W and full color versions here for download as they become available. Please feel free to download and put up around your town! 

Interviews with Icaristas

Submitted by scatter on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 3:07pm
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Laura-Marie is a long-time Icarus member based in Sacramento who has been interviewing folks involved in the Icarus Project for her zine Funtionally Ill. 

In celebration of our 10th anniversary we are going to reprint a bunch of the interviews she's already done, and for anyone who's interested in being interviewed over email yourself, get in touch with her

The Voices of Our Icarus People

Submitted by scatter on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 2:35pm
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“These forums saved my life, many times. People mentored me there, and gave me skills. Things I never would have thought of. These people and these skills are/were/will always be invaluable to my existence…[O]verwhelmingly, they gave me hope when I had none and MADE ME FEEL NOT ALONE. I am deeply, profoundly, eternally thankful for the Icarus forums."

Creating an Icarus Mentorship Network

Submitted by scatter on Tue, 08/28/2012 - 5:15pm
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Icarus has been around for a decade. There are all these people who love Icarus, who identify with its vision, have been influenced by its writings and art and community, who are doing good work in the world and being articulate and making beautiful things that make the world a better place. Creating a network of individuals who feel aligned with Icarus would be a way to channel some of that energy and make it easier for people to find one another.

 

 

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