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princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

Does anyone know why the artsy ones seem to be more prone to darkness and depression?

huffdaddy · Joined: 25 Nov 2005

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

People can be depressed all they want, it won't make them a talented artist. Tell that to the next 'tortured artist' that you see.

JeJuJitsu · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: McDonald's

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

Because artists feel more pain, they can transform their stuggles into art with more heartfelt meaning.

I know a lot of artist who are extremely happy people, though, and to think an artist is prone to depression is a flawed stereotype. In the world of depressed people, an artist is going to be more expressive about pain than the non-artist, but that doesn't mean artist are more prone to pain.

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

What rot. Depression can hit anyone at anytime regardless of their profession, race, social class etc.

ilovebdt

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Stupidity breeds contentedness. The higher your IQ, the unhappier you are.

JeJuJitsu · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: McDonald's

re:cursive · Joined: 04 Jan 2006

Doubt, frustration, inadequacy, self criticism, detachment, poverty, consumption, insomnia and many more.
Art can be both therapy and torture.

canuckistan · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:31 am Post subject:

The artists I know don't always have a firm grip on their lives.
"Tortured" being a good way to describe a lot of them. Maybe that's why they have more of an artistic soul than other people.

Delirium's Brother · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:59 am Post subject:

I read a (scientific) article about 15 years ago that stated: if you are heterozygous for any genetic mental disorder, like schizophrenia, OCD, etc. you had a significantly higher chance of being an artist or musician.

huffdaddy · Joined: 25 Nov 2005

BTW, Google is back up.

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

Delirium's Brother · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:18 am Post subject:

I said, `heterozygous' not homozygous.

cj1976 · Joined: 26 Oct 2005

Maybe some of these so-called artists just take themselves a little too seriously. If they weren't being funded by mummy and daddy and had to work for a living like the rest of us, then maybe they wouldn't have the time to be so fucking melancholy all the time.