The Curse of Creativity

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(This story is fictional) In this story, we follow one of the 20th century's most prominent writers as she provides insights into her creatives process and the success of her work, only to eventually find out one of the most important factors, was something she was unaware of.

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[elliott]

“One of the dangerous things for artists is to get caught in a trap that you need be completely upset and miserable and depressed in order to create art. And it took me a really long time to realize that I didn’t need all that to create art.”
-Gerard way

[vladyslavanufriiev]

- wtf, what were you on when you wrote this? acid? crack?
- cheese..

[thegeekproblem]

The Tortured Artist™: But what if I lose my *spark*???
The Spark: Looking at a wall and crying themselves to sleep

[chowrites]

Now this has me wondering, "Which is more important, the art or the artist?"

[diazpayne]

"So dairy and cheese almost all day and all night?"

"Yeah... I queso."

[garima]

Why tf everybody's writing quotes down here.
-me.

[bythephone]

Art is used as escapism for many, millions of people put words into paper with the purpose of reaching out for a breath of fresh air while constantly drowning in water made of void. I feel that we forget there are also those enamored with the world around them, and they want to share it. So they write poems, and they make paintings, and they play music. Art is the exaggeration of emotion, but it’s easy to forget that positive feelings can be exploited and felt as much as negative ones can.

[misteriousgamr]

It was fictional?...dang, you really made me think that it's real! Good job on that front!

[searchfortruth]

I want all the the creative people out there not to take this video seriously. You can be happy and creative.

[Kipzo]

Alright I'm ready to have existential crisis again

[LonelyAssassin]

As an artist myself, I do feel some sense of seriousness to the "Tortured Artist" stereotype. My art is usually very emotional, and I feel I create best when I feel passionately. Weather it's about what I'm creating or not, I do my best work when I'm feeling particularly strong emotions. Depression can sometimes be one of those emotions, as backwards as that sounds. When I'm depressed, I usually try to draw things that make me feel happy or at peace. Or if I'm really far down, I create dark and disturbing things. It is not something I need to be able to draw, but passion, weather love or hate, is a particularly strong fuel.

[jeremya.]

For most people disorders are actually ruin the quality of their art and their productivity. When I'm anxious or depressed I can't do almost anything. If you explore closely biographies of some "genius" people you'll understand what I mean. They were creative and smart not because of disorders but in spite of them. It's really hard to do those things while sick.

[Dacademeca]

"Every Child Is An Artist, The Problem Is Staying An Artist When You Grow Up."
- Pablo Picasso

[pungoblin]

“Amelia laughed, but not because it was that funny”
American comedy in a nutshell

[liyamirren]

“Any decent artist is often suffering from some flavor of crippling depression. I don’t know why, it just seems like the price of admission.”

[pquic]

the importance of the phrase "I dont think i want to fix myself if i work well" is so profound for most of todays society that its mindblowing

[whereami]

*"Cheese is the foundation of Capitalism."*
-Remmy Ratatouille

[puruvats]

"did you put your goblet in the name"
-calmly asked dumbledore

[sevithasheasam]

I am a writer. I started writing in my high school when i was going through dark time. And somehow, once i found things that made me happy, I realized i couldn't write just as effectively anymore. Even till today, my best writings have come from times when I was too sad or crying or just really just tryna survive that day. Damn. This video hit hard.

[maybeitsceline]

I have a bipolar disorder and my depression paralyzed me to the point where I couldn't bear to write anything. It wasn't until I got better that I was able to write again. Some people experience depression and they manage to cope through creativity. But for me, depression killed my creativity.