Why Art Actually Fills You Up: The ADHD Brain on Color and Creativity with Eli Trier

About this episode

Megs Crawford discusses the relationship between art, color, and organization for neurodivergent individuals with guest Eli Trier.

🔁 Rerun from Fall 2024 — still so good, we had to bring it back. If you've ever felt guilty for loving color, keeping "too much," or struggling to maintain a minimalist space — this episode is your permission slip. Megs sits down with Eli Trier, an AuDHD neuroqueer artist based in Copenhagen, to talk about what it really means to organize and decorate as a neurodivergent person. Spoiler: it's not about having less. It's about having what fills you up. In this episode, you'll learn: Why colorf...

People in this episode

Host: Megs Crawford

Guest: Eli Trier

Topics covered

• ADHD
• neurodivergence
• art
• creativity
• color
• organization

Keywords

• ADHD
• neurodivergent
• art
• color
• creativity
• organization
• minimalism

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Copenhagen

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