How come people with artistic abilities such as musicians or artists behave so much differently than others?

Question

I don't really feel like I have to explain what I mean by this question...most people have probably observed the differences as well.

Answer 1

I am a painter, and believe me I know what you mean. It's because art never comes from happiness and to create anything valid you must be hunted, over -emotional, and probably somewhat unstable. I see and feel things differently. I am hunted by images and bouts of anger, rage, depression, elation, periods of unmitigated creativity and I do everything in extremes.
The most known artists and creative people use parts of the brain that has this effect to make something out of nothing and it's known to cause great instability.
But such is the price of art, music, and every other form of creative ability.

Answer 2

I am an artistic and creative individual. I was married to an artist. My observation was that if we "chose to dress, act or behave in unusual ways" it was more socially acceptable than if our non-artist friends did it. I believe that society has come to ex pect and accept eccentric behaviour from musicians and artist and that reinforces an artists image of themselves as "different". We, then, can give ourselves permission to let our creative style and behaviour be our norm. It can also allow the artistic to justify strange and unusual behavior as "just the way we are" and to not take responsible for rude and selfish behaviour. My artist mate, and his artist friends, who all went to a famous art school see those that aren't creative as "ignorant and inferior, spiritually and intellectually". I found him and his friends "ignorant and inferior, emotionally and socially." This has caused many a divide. I believe, in my heart, that we are all creative in different ways. Out talents manifest in different ways and that no matter how different it makes us feel, one thing is certain. We are all just human and there is no excuse for selfish or rude behaviour and to justify it by saying, "it is because I am an artist", is arrogant. There are many artists who don't fit an eccentric profile. We can choose to display the inner workings of our minds, hearts and spirits in many ways...and we can choose to respect the boundaries of others or not. I think most behaviour is learned and creative people learn from other creative people. This would include the beliefs and attitudes of the other creative people. So, art imitates life, again.

Answer 3

i'm a expert artist. i don't think of a particular artwork-gene is inherited, even nevertheless i've got self assurance super artists are many times better mushy people who often additionally do nicely in different practices the place the comparable mentality could be utilized. sure, i think of it does might desire to do with techniques composition yet probable is progressed and many times not innate. i'm self taught btw, and while i began out my artwork grew to become into terrible - (it grew to become into realism and particular, it grew to become into undesirable). Then after 2 years i grew to become into between the final interior the worldwide at this form. It did not come clearly, the genuine present grew to become into my obsession with it. I painted day and night till I perfected it. sure, it may fade away so which you artwork, technique has an untrained look. yet you are able to nonetheless get it lower back or perhaps evolve in a sparkling extra sensible course.

Answer 4

I am a writer and an artist, but you wouldn't know it unless you got to know me. I love to create, and that is why I do it, much like a person who builds furniture or houses for pleasure. It gives me a sense of accomplishment. So I do not believe that artistic people behave differently in general. When they do however, my belief is that one reason may be because they lack certain social skills, while they excel in other areas. (like artistically) The brain is interesting in that way. Most of us are simply average in most areas, but some excel in specific areas. As is the case with autism: they may be great with numbers, or music, or something specific to their gifts. But when it comes to things that people in general think are common, they don't see things in the same way, and so they are perceived as odd or different. They aren't. They are simply gifted in an area that you don't understand at their level. To them you may be weird. That's life.

Answer 5

Probably because they're more creative than others. This impresses a great need upon the individual to express themselves in non-normative ways. Also, it's frustrating for these people sometimes because they see the world through a starkly different lens than people whose brains are organized in a different way...this can lead to depression. If an artist is depressed they may look for unique ways to express it and thus...the answer to your question?

Answer 6

I consider myself a musician, yet I don't feel I act differently. Perhaps there are nuances to my behavior that set me apart from others that I can't see. I am incredibly passionate about music and that has a tendency to influence what I talk about, study, and do in my spare time. But no matter who are, artist or not, there are things in your behavior that sets you apart from everyone else. That is a part of being human. And who wants to act like everyone else anyway?

Answer 7

I don't know if you are in this situation yourself...but for me, It feels like I am from another planet. Sometimes I wonder if this is because I'm musician and I would have feel differently as I would have chosen other profession, or things would have feel weird anyway. I don't think all my colleagues are that crazy, but best musicians I know seem to be isolated, everyday I wonder myself if it's a consequence and we get crazy with our professions...seems like that to me.

Answer 8

artist look deeply in pictures and try to understand the emotion its giving... musicians listen to music and really concentrate on each beat, lyric and sound and respond to it...well basically we all respond to our personal talents with deep devotion but sometimes we don't really realize, its natural... like a poet may come up with poets with the blink of your eye, they will be good literature, writing..... you might think its weird unless you don't have the same mind and talents...a person who loves animals might show a kind sympathy filled heart for them and if you don't do something for an animal they might think its really cruel and you might think that they are over exaggerating.... well we all have our own talents, we just need to look for it...
anyway take care... :-)

Answer 9

Do they? or is that just a generalisation that has no real evidence to back it up...
I think you'll find there are lots of people who behave differently, and some happen to be musicians and artists.
and ther are lots of people who behave "normally" (whatever that is) who are also musicians and artists.

maybe it says more about your perception of yourself than about them that you find them so differnet from yourself.

Answer 10

There's a good book on that called,"The Van Gogh Blues".