What I read from Mark Chan's interview with "Life" strike a chord with me.
I too suffered from depression since i was a teenager. And frankly, I couldn't talk about it either. Talking about depression seems to trivialize the issue.
Hmmm....maybe I can blog about it some other time? Let me think about it.
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Mark the Other Actor
04 Jun 2007, ST
The less-trodden path he has chosen has not been an easy one, especially since he has been suffering from depression since he was a teenager.
I bring this up as it had been mentioned in a previous newspaper interview, but it is not a topic he is comfortable with. He says he does not know the cause.
'I was never able to talk about it when I was young and that really hampered me. If you can't talk about it, you feel it's a problem which cannot be solved,' he says, his eyes reddening.
He copes with the condition now through exercise, socialising and some techniques he has devised over the years.
For example, he carries bottles of fragrances with him everywhere he goes to perk himself up, and he promptly brandishes two as examples - Garofano by Lorenzo Villoresi and Comme des Garcons 2.
As he puts it, he does not want people to know about his depression because he does not want them to pity him.
Instead, he wants to be judged on his musical achievements, such as the prestigious chance to present his 2004 work Opiume to the director of the Paris Opera at the end of this month.
An opera lover in Paris who chanced upon his work helped to set up the meeting.
Looking subdued, he ends the interview on a sombre note: 'Life is not easy, and for many musicians, the lifestyle alone is cause for depression because as a composer, you spend long periods alone.'
'I believe in truth and beauty and I want my work to reflect that. It doesn't matter whether people know what I struggle with,' he adds.
'I would like to have some privacy but I also want my work to be out there so that people can be moved by it. And that is what keeps me going.'
I too suffered from depression since i was a teenager. And frankly, I couldn't talk about it either. Talking about depression seems to trivialize the issue.
Hmmm....maybe I can blog about it some other time? Let me think about it.
------------------------------------
Mark the Other Actor
04 Jun 2007, ST
The less-trodden path he has chosen has not been an easy one, especially since he has been suffering from depression since he was a teenager.
I bring this up as it had been mentioned in a previous newspaper interview, but it is not a topic he is comfortable with. He says he does not know the cause.
'I was never able to talk about it when I was young and that really hampered me. If you can't talk about it, you feel it's a problem which cannot be solved,' he says, his eyes reddening.
He copes with the condition now through exercise, socialising and some techniques he has devised over the years.
For example, he carries bottles of fragrances with him everywhere he goes to perk himself up, and he promptly brandishes two as examples - Garofano by Lorenzo Villoresi and Comme des Garcons 2.
As he puts it, he does not want people to know about his depression because he does not want them to pity him.
Instead, he wants to be judged on his musical achievements, such as the prestigious chance to present his 2004 work Opiume to the director of the Paris Opera at the end of this month.
An opera lover in Paris who chanced upon his work helped to set up the meeting.
Looking subdued, he ends the interview on a sombre note: 'Life is not easy, and for many musicians, the lifestyle alone is cause for depression because as a composer, you spend long periods alone.'
'I believe in truth and beauty and I want my work to reflect that. It doesn't matter whether people know what I struggle with,' he adds.
'I would like to have some privacy but I also want my work to be out there so that people can be moved by it. And that is what keeps me going.'
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