Creativity as Mental Disorder
Lately, my mind has been bombarded with questions, but one in particular caught my interest - is creativity a mental disorder? Now, before any of you send me off to a psychiatrist or start laughing, hold your horses and please read on. First off, everyone is creative. I don't care if you tell me that you cannot paint, draw, play an instrument(s), etc. YOU are still creative! The only thing that might set you apart from the rest of the crowd is your degree of creativity. In other words, your experience. If you are still not convinced then consider this - dreams. Based on theoretical evidence, a dream is basically a construction of ideas, memories, emotions, etc projected within your minds intangible canvas. Hence, your mind is developing idea(s) and it just so happens that ideas are the early stages of creative thinking. Alright, so...what now? Well, it is not the inexperienced creative thinkers that we shall be concentrating on, but rather all the artists' out there. When I say artists', I am not strictly speaking of painters, drawers, and sculptors. There are photographers, graphic designers, architects, musicians, film directors, dancers, writers, etc. What do they all have in common? They're all creative thinkers and experienced ones, too! In fact, I cannot imagine all those famous artists' existing had they not been so obsessed with imagination and creative thinking. This is where my mind started making connections. What if this obsessive nature of creative thinking was actually a mental disorder? Keep in mind, a person is not necessarily born with a mental disorder. An example is an addiction, whether that be alcoholism, gambling, etc which may also lead to stress, depression, and isolation. In a broad sense, creative thinking is an addictive "drug". Although addicting, I wouldn't exactly call it life threatening. For instance, some find painting and/or drawing therapeutic. Others may skip meals, sleep, and completely isolate themselves from people while working in their studio. At this point, you might be saying, "so, why should I care?" The point of this investigation was not to frighten artists or portray creativity as something of evil nature, but rather to see the word in a whole new light instead of its old labeling - "talent".
I would really appreciate it if all of you gave me some feedback. Do you agree/disagree and obviously why?
© Yevgeny Shnaper, 2011. All rights reserved.
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Comment by Becky Jenner on July 20, 2011 at 10:37am -
I agree! It can be a mental disorder! It sure makes me mental and disorderly when I'm trying to create something and it just isn't coming out right! I wouldn't have ever thought of creativity as a mental disorder...but now that you mention it...it's good to know I'm not strange for no damn reason! :)
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Comment by Yevgeny Shnaper on July 19, 2011 at 8:24am -
Mitsi - I definitely agree :D
Tammy - Great way of putting it!
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Comment by Tammy Seaman on July 19, 2011 at 2:37am -
I see creativity as a gift...that sometimes drives you mental :-)
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Comment by mitsi on July 18, 2011 at 10:39pm -
everyone has a mental disorder creative or not....so yes it is!
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Comment by Rhonda McDuffie on July 18, 2011 at 1:36pm -
Yevgeny, lol. yeah...still crazy after all these years......
MoMeMa - agree, it's all good.
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Comment by MoMeMa on July 18, 2011 at 1:15pm -
OMG,LMAO!!! you asked for it!!! no kid... It's a great topic but somewhat complicated. Let's just enjoy the power of art making while you can no matter if it drives you nuts jejeje
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Comment by Yevgeny Shnaper on July 18, 2011 at 12:25pm
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Primula - LOL
Rhonda - True...but ya'll crazy :D Nah, I kid :) I think this post needs to retire before I get a mental disorder...
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Comment by Primula Medlow on July 18, 2011 at 11:10am -
I've always danced to the beat of a different drum.........so to many that probably makes me mentally disordered LOL!!!
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Comment by MoMeMa on July 18, 2011 at 10:39am
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Hi DeMarie that is so true, it gets so intense. "I don't think we are weird, they are" jejeje
Big Hugs girl!
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Comment by Yevgeny Shnaper on July 18, 2011 at 8:22am
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Bronwyn - Thank you for the link :) I do agree with you regarding the values of power and aggression. This is especially true with Globalization and Capitalism.
DeMarie - SO TRUE!
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