Spare Notes: Mental Health in Music.

How does music help us process emotion? What does it mean to truly be seen? And what is the distance between who we are and who we think we need to be?

These questions are prevelant in Orphan Prodigy's latest album, Medication for a Modern World and in this interview. It's a title that feels especially relevant today. We live in a world of constant stimulation, endless expectations, and a culture that often asks us to keep producing, keep performing, and keep moving. So what becomes our medication? Is it therapy? Music? Community? Exercise? Authenticity? Or is it learning to build a life that works with our minds instead of against them?

For artists, these questions become even more personal. Creating meaningful work often means balancing creativity with survival, vulnerabil ...