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Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me

Ellen Forney

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 3.97 | 12899 Users | 1216 Reviews

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Title	:	Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
Author	:	Ellen Forney
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	November 6th 2012 by Avery
Categories	:	Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Comics. Health. Mental Health

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Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between “crazy” and “creative” in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers. Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Flagrantly manic and terrified that medications would cause her to lose creativity, she began a years-long struggle to find mental stability while retaining her passions and creativity. Searching to make sense of the popular concept of the crazy artist, she finds inspiration from the lives and work of other artists and writers who suffered from mood disorders, including Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe, William Styron, and Sylvia Plath. She also researches the clinical aspects of bipolar disorder, including the strengths and limitations of various treatments and medications, and what studies tell us about the conundrum of attempting to “cure” an otherwise brilliant mind. Darkly funny and intensely personal, Forney’s memoir provides a visceral glimpse into the effects of a mood disorder on an artist’s work, as she shares her own story through bold black-and-white images and evocative prose.

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Original Title:	Marbles
ISBN:	1592407323 (ISBN13: 9781592407323)
Edition Language:	English

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Ellen Forney conveys her very complex struggle with mental illness in lighthearted comic language and sketches, with candor and a special humor that blends both the subtle and overt. She seems to be a rare combination of endearingly likable AND insufferable. I feel I know more about Ellen than after reading most any other memoir, specifically those comprised of WORDS and PROSE and the stuff of REGULAR BOOKS. That's impressive. I can relate with her and now I kinda really want to be her friend.

Reason for Reading: This book talked to me and I had to read it. I'm bi-polar and had always been creative in various media. I had expanded into what I finally called "art" but since my various diagnoses and meds, I have not done my art or any form of creative expression besides my current so-called book reviews.This gripped me right from the beginning. Ellen is Bipolar I, while I am a milder diagnosis but still I could relate to her in every way. I ended up taking notes while reading this at it

A heartfelt, deeply personal look at bipolar. I wanted to read this book because of Erika Moen and I'm very glad I did. It can be really hard getting a diagnosis. But it can also be the start of being ok.

I've had my eye on this particular graphic memoir before, but decide just this past week to finally give it a go. I was beyond grateful to see myself so easily immerse into the intensely personal world presented in Marbles.Darkly funny and intensely personal, Forney's memoir provides a humorous but authentic glimpse into the effects of a mood disorder on an artist's work, as she shares her own story through black-and-white graphic images and prose. I went into this expecting a similar kind of

There was pretty much nothing I didn't love about this book. It follows Forney from her diagnosis (bipolar) through the struggles of medication - first, whether to medicate, and later, how to balance all the side effects, new meds on the market, generics, money, tapering on, tapering off. Forney ruminates on the intersection of mental illness and creative people, making lists of artists who were mentally ill and trying to figure out the link between creative thought and bipolar symptoms. The

If you or someone you know has a diagnosis of bi-polar disorder don't be frightened to pick up this book. Ellen Forney has brought bi-polar out of the closet in this brave, honest, funny and creative memoir. Your experience may not be exactly the same as hers but you're bound to see the similarities. After all, like any other illness, you will share some "symptoms".Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me is the best explanation of bi-polar I've read. That it is a graphic novel makes

I am biased, and love this book for many reasons. Forney's account of her own experience of being diagnosed with bipolar disorder provides some insight for the cases of so many who have struggled with a mood disorder. She weighs what it is to be an unbridled 'crazy artist,' a romantic concept for many creatives, with what it means to be a medicated artist. Forney's deceptively simple drawing style takes you on a fun, friendly, comfortable journey, even though her difficult stretches of