Background

My brother, Amit, committed suicide March 2018. In the year prior to his death, he struggled financially, and I spent a lot of time supporting him. This meant rent, bills, food, all of it, and helped him try to get a job. I eventually convinced him to come back home and flew him back (LA to Ireland), and helped him get established, while also paying for a roof over his head. However, it was too much.

He appreciated what we did for him but he decided to end his life and was planning it for some time, despite the support my mum and I provided him. He had a little puppy too that he left behind, Darling, who is now living with her grandmother, i.e. my mum :)

Amit is an artist, poet and philosopher. He is a beautiful person who lived life on his own terms. He is an established artist with successful exhibitions behind him, published poet, and has a Masters in Philosophy with a focus on Nietzsche.

Sometimes people have difficult times, or a bad few months and need to be dug out, without prejudice.

Why Now?

Tomorrow, I'll officially be the age that he was when he died. He's my older brother and i guess.. He's my forever younger-older brother and that completely breaks my heart in so many little pieces, I could just absolutely die inside.

So, I want to do something positive with this pain and sorrow to try to distract myself to help people release their inner artistic vision if that helps them be better versions of themselves,or helps them mentally.

What I want to offer

I want to offer purchasing anything from your wishlist or what you might need to help be the best you can be. I believe in you, and I want to see how you can shine. This could be you explaining what you need and me buying it, or sharing a wishlist and telling me what's a priority on it. Amit pushed through as many boundaries as possible to make his lifes work impactful and meaningful and we want to ensure that other artists, although struggling, can be supported in their creativity. Even if you're not an artist, but use art as a form of escapism, please post!

What do i need to do?

Please post the following in the comments section. Direct PM's will not be accepted unless I respond and ask for it directly

• Details of your creative vision and the art-related field you are in
• Why are you struggling? What's going on in your life? (if you wish to share)
• Is there anything in particular you need? Pencils? Sketchbook? Paintbrushes? Notepad for poetry? Music manuscript? Music book? A book? Lessons? A course on udemy?
• Feel free to share an amazon wishlist or a link to an creative website so we can look at what you need
• Anything else you'd like to tell us!

From there, we will respond to your comment to PM over the next 2-3 days and we will screen and respond to as many people as possible.