Your face is flushed. Your palms feel sweaty. You can’t really catch your breath. You have tunnel vision. You want to cry but you aren’t really sure why. Your mind is rushing. You feel like someone is sitting on your chest.

Those are just a few descriptors of what anxiety feels like. This weeks guest, artist Cara Jean Means, walked us through being sympathetic to her husband and his anxiety to experiencing her own and developing empathy for what he was going through. Why is this relevant? Cara Jean currently has an art installation at the Salt Lake Community College South Campus in the George S and Delores Eccles Art Gallery.

Cara Jean met with 11 different people experiencing different types of metal illness and created an art narrative through her painting and to continue the conversation that people are generally afraid to have. Her installation at Salt Lake Community College South Campus is available until September 26th.  You can also find Cara Jeans work at the new Granary Row Mural project on 800 S and 300 W in downtown Salt Lake City.

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