Cathartic is Silakbo’s first foray into creating an art and mental health publication. This is Issue 00–we do not consider this to be the first issue, as our original vision for this was a one-off publication. The desire to continue came after this one.
Contributors to this issue include Kitkat Barreiro, Reina Bambao, Paolo Dumlao and Eric Vincent David, Sara Eleazar, Hanna Padilla, Jeanedelle Sinco, Lei Ancheta, Darlene Turla, Anna Cunanan, Stephanie Rue, Andrew Elgo, and Tired Onigiri.
Content edited by Rissa Coronel. Design and layout by Tired Onigiri, Jan Belmonte, and Bianca Aguilar.
Cover art: “Drowning in Reverie,” a digital collage by Art Dioxide.
only when you stay awake late enough can you hear the sound of daybreak, a town slowly coming alive as you wonder if you still are you count every breath you spend staring
This month, a med student, undergrad, person on taking their second undergrad degree, and teacher talk about mental health in the school environment, covering the stress from choos
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