Monday, September 29, 2014
Psychological Disorders in Artists
I am an artist, and am very passionate about what I do. I also have a deep interest in psychology, so with this paper, I am hoping to get the best of both worlds. I would like to connect the two unrelated topics and tie them together for an interesting piece. Primarily, I want to research psychological disorders in artists. Since this is a pretty broad subject, I was thinking of getting more specific by narrowing down my options. I could maybe study one disorder in several artists, or one artist's disorder. For example, I am very curious about Vincent Van Gogh. Besides being a fan of his artwork, I would love to know why he cut off his own ear. Aside from just trying to be less vague with this project, I think it would be very helpful in learning who he was as a person, and not just as an artist. However, I could benefit from it because this would also create a better connection for me to his works of art.
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You've chosen a very interesting topic. Your curiosity of why Van Gogh cut off his own ear and how it affected his artwork will be a great topic to drive your paper. I am also interested in what you will learn about Van Gogh and who he was as a person as you develop your research. Psychological disorders can be said to affect many artist's works but not many have been able to discern why or how much.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a good research topic! I myself aren't artistic at all but this would be a topic I would enjoy reading about. I also wonder about the whole ear thing with Van Gogh. I know I've always know about it but I never really wondered what was behind him cutting it off.
ReplyDeleteI think this is such a cool topic for your paper. I feel like a lot of more famous artists have psychological disorders which helps them create such interesting artwork. I would be very interesting in reading your paper when you're done.
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