Richard J Bell

Richard J Bell – Contemporary Creative Soul started writing about his lived experience of schizophrenia, so people who are going though similar issues can read and relate to it, on a personal level. Since his first poem being published in 2007, he has ventured on in various formats such as poetry, ; memoirs, - HarperCollins Publishing and; public art, , a region wide project instigated and coordinated by Lizz Murphy, in partnership with Southern Tablelands Arts (STARTS) and eight local governments across the Southern Tablelands and Highlands.

Realising that there is more to him than a mental illness, he is now discovering his identity and culture through Polynesian drawings superimposed over photos from Tonga which have been developed through the arts development project for emerging artists and exhibited in the .

Richard believes that no one should be defined by their diagnosis or their illness and there is so much more that makes up the individual person.

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