How Creativity And Mental Illness Are Linked
Studies have shown a higher incidence of mental disorders in those who are highly creative. Does creativity lead to madness or does madness lead to creativity? Does Being Messy Make You More...
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Ernest Hemingway, Vincent Van Gogh, Amy Winehouse- the idea of the tortured artist is as old as art itself. But is there a link between mental illness and creativity? Plato once said on the subject that he found joy in such pain and to treat it as a gift: “Madness, provided it comes as the gift of heaven, is the channel by which we receive the greatest blessings… Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.” There’s no shortage of myths and stories of artists brooding moodily in front of a canvass, musicians turning to the bottle for comfort, or writers ending their own lives. One landmark study by Neuroscientist Nancy Andreasen in 1987 showed a link between creativity and mental illness. Her research found that of the 30 writers she ...
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Ernest Hemingway, Vincent Van Gogh, Amy Winehouse- the idea of the tortured artist is as old as art itself. But is there a link between mental illness and creativity? Plato once said on the subject that he found joy in such pain and to treat it as a gift: “Madness, provided it comes as the gift of heaven, is the channel by which we receive the greatest blessings… Madness comes from God, whereas sober sense is merely human.” There’s no shortage of myths and stories of artists brooding moodily in front of a canvass, musicians turning to the bottle for comfort, or writers ending their own lives. One landmark study by Neuroscientist Nancy Andreasen in 1987 showed a link between creativity and mental illness. Her research found that of the 30 writers she ...
