Lorna Collins

Lorna Collins is an artist, writer and filmmaker. When she was 18, Lorna had a severe traumatic brain injury and fell into a coma. She awoke with total amnesia and did not know who she was, who anyone was. This led Lorna to develop a number of psychiatric illnesses; she was locked away for nearly 2 decades. During this time, Lorna would paint to express the inexpressible, her sheer misery. Eventually the doctors would look at her paintings (etc.), diagnose, medicate and treat her illnesses. Art provided Lorna with medicine. Lorna’s creativity helped her recover and continues to nourish her life. Lorna’s TEDx Talk, discussing all this, is called “How Creativity Revived Me".

http://lornacollins.com

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