Sounds like we had similar experiences there. Raised on creativity only to be sent out into a world of conformity, also to study film at Uni. It was mostly theory but we did at least have one old film camera we shared between all the students!

Expression is the opposite of depression.

What a great insight! Love that. Reminds me of my time in rehab when they would ask us all the time how we were feeling because most of us had lost the ability to express the answer to this question honestly. Let alone creatively! But with practice we became better at it and ultimately less depressed about our the situation we had put ourselves in.

Thanks for the thoughts :)