41-year old British humorist Andre Jordan explores his journey through depression in his unique blog, A Beautiful Revolution. His self-deprecating musings, which are sometimes poignant and other times brutal, take the form of short essays, poems and doodles. A collection of his work has also been compiled into a new book entitled If You're Happy And You Know It..., which comes out in the US next year.
In an interview on the BBC's Ouch disability website, to which he contributes weekly doodles, Jordan describes depression as, "All-consuming and exhausting. But at the same time, it does give you empathy for other people. Depression helps you to look at people and understand that nothing is black and white. It also makes you appreciate the really tiny things that are quite amazing."
Turning his black thoughts into dark humor, Jordan turned depression on its head, transforming a major negative into inspirational art. "Getting up every day and being able to draw and paint and write, and people around you encouraging you to do it. That's success, because I'm happy."
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