I am fascinated by the concept of vidding as therapy or cathartic vidding, and recent conversations with ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sweetestdrain about it has me wanting to know more from people about when and why they do it, and how it affects the actual process. And about vid watching as therapy as well.
Like, obviously Dreams was about me working through unresolved issues about losing my doggie, and also about loss and death in general. And less obviously externally, Legends Never Die was straight up cancer=Freddy Kreuger internally while vidding. To a certain extent I can point to any one of my vids and pull out what I was feeling or going through in real life that relates to why I made the choices I made, but in some vids the choice to do that is deliberate and intentional.
So, what vids have you made or would you like to make that are about intentionally processing or facing irl issues? Or, what vids do you watch because they function in the same way? How does making such a vid differ from making other vids, and in the audience response and your reaction to that? I'd also like to hear from fic writers who have done this in fic, 'cause I imagine working through shit by using external source and storytelling/metaphor are similar.
Catharsis, its whats for dinner.
sweetestdrain about it has me wanting to know more from people about when and why they do it, and how it affects the actual process. And about vid watching as therapy as well. Like, obviously Dreams was about me working through unresolved issues about losing my doggie, and also about loss and death in general. And less obviously externally, Legends Never Die was straight up cancer=Freddy Kreuger internally while vidding. To a certain extent I can point to any one of my vids and pull out what I was feeling or going through in real life that relates to why I made the choices I made, but in some vids the choice to do that is deliberate and intentional.
So, what vids have you made or would you like to make that are about intentionally processing or facing irl issues? Or, what vids do you watch because they function in the same way? How does making such a vid differ from making other vids, and in the audience response and your reaction to that? I'd also like to hear from fic writers who have done this in fic, 'cause I imagine working through shit by using external source and storytelling/metaphor are similar.
Catharsis, its whats for dinner.