Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Depression and Art
A possible link between mental illness and creativity has been documented throughout history. With this paper I hope to explore how mental disorders, particularly depression and anxiety(seeing as those are the most common in artists) affect and inspire the work. I hope to really explore the idea of a "tortured artist" and how that has changed the way we view art. Does having a mental illness make someone a better artist? How is art helped by mental illness?
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I think this is a really cool subject your doing and could be really interesting. Our subject colide in a sort of way because alot of musicians from the 90's were tortured by depression like Kurt Cobain, and layne staley.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting idea, I think that that would make a great research topic. It seems like most of the most famous, and experimental artists seem to have a mental disorder. I cant wait to see your research paper.
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