Depression and Creativity

Why are so many creative people also depressed? Watch our newest video in which Dr. Leon Brenner presents a new perspective on depression, viewing it as a radically creative process.

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Music by:
- Siddhartha Corsus (CC BY-NC 4.0)
- Lobo Loco (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Filmy Ghost (Sábila Orbe) (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- stacxk (CC BY-ND 4.0)
- Di Bos (CC BY-ND 4.0)
- Unheard Music (CC BY 4.0)

Sound: Roland Bolz
Graphics: Adam Luczak

[who]

The mourning metaphoure really helped me bring to light so many things that have happened to me and that i have seen in others. Thanks a lot, loved it!

[phils]

Love it! Keep up the great work. The only but would be to keep the tempo of the essay as if you were talking to someone, the pauses are a couple seconds too long, but other than that everything is amazing.

[Lobo_Loco]

Yeah! Stay creative!
Sunny greetings Lobo

[yebutonu]

Excellent stuff. I would love to collaborate with you guys sometime! The video editor already does some great visual work, but I can always create some 3D renders for the videos if that ever interested you.

[edwardchege]

The elusive genius by Elizabeth Gilbert Ted talk. She explains that it's the relationship with creativity that modern society that have simply in the old days they said you have a genius simply an entity came from outside but today we say people are a geniuses which is a too heavy burden to carry (Jordan Peterson- psychology of creativity he states artist or creatives live on the edge of chaos which is foolish and yet the very thing that rejuvenates the cities.