Comments on: Defining Lines: Mental Health and Mental Creativity http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-and-mental-creativity/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cassie V. http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-and-mental-creativity/#comment-20676 Cassie V. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:37:14 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3005#comment-20676 Salvador Dali. There's a man who was deliciously crazy genius. His paintings used to give me nightmares. Seriously, they did. I had an artbook of his work. Salvador Dali. There’s a man who was deliciously crazy genius. His paintings used to give me nightmares. Seriously, they did. I had an artbook of his work.

]]> By: soldy http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-and-mental-creativity/#comment-20652 soldy Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:51:47 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3005#comment-20652 The prospect of mental illness being there doesn't change what those artists achieved in their creative pursuits. Who cares? Aren't we all just a little bit crazy? We were blessed to share their gifts. Creative visionaries have always marched to a different drum. The prospect of mental illness being there doesn’t change what those artists achieved in their creative pursuits. Who cares? Aren’t we all just a little bit crazy? We were blessed to share their gifts. Creative visionaries have always marched to a different drum.

]]> By: Elizabeth R. http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-and-mental-creativity/#comment-20651 Elizabeth R. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:03:55 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3005#comment-20651 I like your explanation in the last paragraph better, GoodTherapy. Creatives since time began have examined themselves and the world through a different lens. That's why their work is so exciting to behold. It's not a stretch to think all that introspection would release their creativity and ignite sparks within them. I like your explanation in the last paragraph better, GoodTherapy. Creatives since time began have examined themselves and the world through a different lens. That’s why their work is so exciting to behold. It’s not a stretch to think all that introspection would release their creativity and ignite sparks within them.

]]> By: Fletcher http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-and-mental-creativity/#comment-20570 Fletcher Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:17:28 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3005#comment-20570 In what way, Dorin? If you're asking about the manner in which mental illness is perceived or the treatments offered by different cultures - absolutely. A doctor in Outer Mongolia is not going to have an identical approach to one in New York. Or are you asking whether your cultural upbringing fans the flames of certain conditions? In what way, Dorin? If you’re asking about the manner in which mental illness is perceived or the treatments offered by different cultures – absolutely. A doctor in Outer Mongolia is not going to have an identical approach to one in New York. Or are you asking whether your cultural upbringing fans the flames of certain conditions?

]]> By: Dorin http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-and-mental-creativity/#comment-20490 Dorin Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:34:02 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3005#comment-20490 Do you think mental illness relates to culture? Do you think mental illness relates to culture?

]]> By: Wanderer http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-and-mental-creativity/#comment-20241 Wanderer Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:25:12 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3005#comment-20241 The key question isn't "What fosters creativity?" But it is why in God's name isn't everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might be not why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate? We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything. - Abraham Maslow Perhaps normality is the crippling factor. The key question isn’t “What fosters creativity?” But it is why in God’s name isn’t everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might be not why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate? We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything. – Abraham Maslow

Perhaps normality is the crippling factor.

]]> By: kyle http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-and-mental-creativity/#comment-20215 kyle Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:22:14 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3005#comment-20215 so maybe we should ignore some of the mental illness? we may be getting rid of the next great artist by trying to treat them so maybe we should ignore some of the mental illness? we may be getting rid of the next great artist by trying to treat them

]]> By: missy http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-and-mental-creativity/#comment-20188 missy Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:03:13 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3005#comment-20188 how nice to see an article that does not pathologize people with issues and instead recognizes their genius. i mean not to say people like vangough and other creative geniuses didn't suffer, but i just really really appreciate the human tone. thanks good therapy for bringing some love and light into the world. how nice to see an article that does not pathologize people with issues and instead recognizes their genius. i mean not to say people like vangough and other creative geniuses didn’t suffer, but i just really really appreciate the human tone. thanks good therapy for bringing some love and light into the world.

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