Either way, I don't think it's healthy. I was told for years that my depression was just a matter of an "artistic disposition" and that medicating it would kill my creativity. That was a hideous lie. I was literally killing myself because of how sick I was and that had nothing to do with the hours I spent devoted to writing or my creativity. Even now, I'm not writing as much as I did, but I'm also working to control depression without meds and getting my life together in other ways. I will write again, I'm just very busy doing other things. And actually... I'm totally writing porn right now, but it's just not "quality" as I say.
Creativity, like many other things, is a talent that you can be born with, yes, but you can also develop. Even fully mature brains can rewire themselves for all kinds of things, if they're encouraged to do so. I mean, just look at how Rep. Giffords is bouncing back from being SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.The mind is a terribly complex thing that we only barely understand. And we don't understand fully what causes depression, nor creatvitiy. We have some idea where extreme creativity comes from, but most artists are not savants or geniuses. They are people who have worked very hard and continue to work very hard and they do something they ENJOY.
Sorry, this is just such a pet peeve for me. It's a thing that even talented people require HOURS AND MONTHS AND YEARS to be really good and people just throw their hands up when most of the time successful people are just a) talented or b) privileged.
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Date: 2011-01-25 06:14 pm (UTC)Creativity, like many other things, is a talent that you can be born with, yes, but you can also develop. Even fully mature brains can rewire themselves for all kinds of things, if they're encouraged to do so. I mean, just look at how Rep. Giffords is bouncing back from being SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.The mind is a terribly complex thing that we only barely understand. And we don't understand fully what causes depression, nor creatvitiy. We have some idea where extreme creativity comes from, but most artists are not savants or geniuses. They are people who have worked very hard and continue to work very hard and they do something they ENJOY.
Sorry, this is just such a pet peeve for me. It's a thing that even talented people require HOURS AND MONTHS AND YEARS to be really good and people just throw their hands up when most of the time successful people are just a) talented or b) privileged.