Edgar Ramírez on Mental Health and the Pressure of Being an Artist
Edgar Ramírez is urging artists to take their mental health as seriously as their craft.
He pointed out that creating art means pouring a part of yourself into the work, making it just as important to look after the person behind it. Rather than getting caught up in the final product, Ramírez encouraged artists to embrace the creative process as a journey.
He also acknowledged the pressure that comes with constantly having to create, which can take a toll on artists’ mental wellbeing. For him, prioritising mental health is key to enjoying the process and building a creative career that lasts.
From the interview
Full transcript · English
I think that the most important advice that I would give is to really invest in your mental health. Because it's hard to make art. And also, it's not that when we're making art, we are involving our entire emotional being. So sometimes there's no difference, or oftentimes there's no difference, between our art and ourselves. So it is very important to invest in your mental health, to also enjoy the process. To not see it as a process of results, but as a journey. Like the journey itself will be the result. Because so many great artists that we will never know. Because they crack under pressure. Under the pressure of making art. So I think that it's very important, in whatever form, to invest, to take care of our mental health.
