I went to the art museum on Sauturday.?

Question

As I was reading about the artists a great deal of them had schizophrenia or depression or had been in a mental hospital.I found it interesting that most of them had a mental illness. How is it that a healthy mind doesnt seem to be as creative? What about the depressed or mentally ill person that enables them to see things differently exactly?

Answer 1

That's a really good question. I have been told many times that I'm an amazing artist, and my mom is the most gifted artist I've ever know. She's really mentally... different. She has some major emotional issues, but has never been diagnosed. I think she's severely bipolar.
I've had the diagnosis of depression several times and a couple other wierd ones.

My theory is that passion of any type demands to be expressed. Like passionate images (vivid dreams, visions, etc.), emotions, ideas, thoughts, etc. Even apathy. People that are more sensitive to life in general seem to need the ability to express their experiences, and often our conventional ways are not enough.
I also seem to see incredible beauty in a lot of things that many people seem to overlook. That's why I do photography, paint, draw, do henna, and make jewelry... to share some of the beauty and passion I experience.

Answer 2

I don't know about this. I know an artist and his work is amazing and he's very personable and humourous.

Maybe it has to do with the creative process too. I know that when my friend is working on his art, he is completely focused to the point where the outside world hardly exists. Maybe if people stay like that too much, they do go a little crazy.

Answer 3

Only some very simple people ever haves mental illness. Real artists are very intelligent and creative. As other people with privileged minds, sometimes they fall in diverse kind of mental states. That does not enables their creativity.

Answer 4

Great question, Kat, I'm artistic and have a number of artistic friends and we all suffer depression. We talked about this many times and wondered if artistic meant certain areas of your brain were more/less active than they should be in order to create. Perhaps you need to be more sensitive/feeling but this opens up the door to even stronger emotions...eg depression.

Answer 5

realism greater than some thing....i really like being competent to inform what the photograph is meant to be! i cant stand excellent artwork on the grounds that its so totally random and handiest the man or woman who made it is aware of what it manner. i imply, adequate, there have been espresso cups placing from the bushes at my artwork college one yr?? cmon, provide me a holiday. someone can do this! any historic egyptian artwork i really like additionally

Answer 6

Not sure of what you say !