There seems some kind of synchronicity sometimes. Yesterday, I had found a video on ideas for DYI projects and today, I found this video on creativity and mental illness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWzhVauFbSU
They say that creativity and mental illness seems to be linked. Both seems to feed each other. It is what I understood from the video. I think, on a personal level, that there is an higher incidence between the two. Not every person that have mental illness is creative and vice-versa. There are well known cases, those where there were a clear link between creativity and mental illness. I don't have to say the names. They had made the headlines one way or the other, having tragic ends and shooting stars careers.
I find that creativity and mental illness can be hard to study. They are intangible. There is no telepathy to see in the mind of people. Nothing to go directly into the mind, like a microscope. The scientists who had done the studies, in the video, had to take the word of the "patients" or the written words in files. All matter of perception, interpretation and translation. So, there are extra steps to understand and learn more on the topics. Words of mouth. So, we have to be careful.
The relation creativity and mental illness doesn't surprise me. There is a reputation that link the two together. It is mostly due to some events and peoples. People are quick to jumps to conclusion. It is easy to get some assumption. It is just that when it comes to the mind, I know that nothing are to be taken at face value. It is what I learn the hard way. I find those finding nice but it would be even more nice to have the right tools to study the mental side of ourselves. It is a slippery slope and science have a lot to do in this area.
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