FEATURE
Howling
At The Rising
Sun Kasey Thompson talks with Deena Lynch, the brilliant mind behind musician Jaguar Jonze, visionary Instagram artist Spectator Jonze, photographer Dusky Jonze, and all around multi-talented powerhouse shedding light on mental illness through art.
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o sum up the creative explosion that is Deena Lynch into a neat little elevator pitch would have even the most qualified of journalists in tears. She has her fingers in so many pies, but it’s never too much of a handful for the prolific Brisbane visionary. From being a sassy frontwoman, visual artist, content creator and photographer, to managing the careers of other artists, Deena just can’t sit still. If you haven’t come across Deena’s spacey spaghetti western music project @jaguarjonze, stigma challenging illustration project around mental health issues @spectatorjonze or her monochromatic photography project @duskyjonze, which pierces the veil around masculinity and femininity, then allow me to introduce you properly to one of the most creatively brilliant minds in Australia. After working on the careers of iconic bands like The Jungle Giants, Confidence Man, Orphans Orphans and Last Dinosaurs, Deena stepped away from full time artist management to focus on her art projects that elevate not only her own mental health, but the mental health of her subjects. There’s a unique lens and beauty that she brings to all of her various projects, but the Spectator Jonze project on Instagram in particular impacts and positively affects so many lives simply by sharing an accompanying message from the subject about their own mental health. Deena even drew me, the author of this article, which speaking from personal experience, made this lil muppet feel a little less alone in her own mental health trials within the music industry.
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