Do tortured souls make better artists?

[Flavour]

Yes, but some artists make better artists BECAUSE they're tortured souls, because SO MUCH come from emotion and expression within.

I suppose I'm coming at this from a Fine Art perspective, not from Graphic Design or Illustration, so my views will differ.

don't think the perspective really changes it... how would you expect an illustrator and a gd to differ in their opinions on the matter, ms. zenie-who-puts-people-in-nicely-labelled-and-correctly-spelled-with-capitalisation-for-the-love-of-god-boxes

 

[zenie]

don't think the perspective really changes it... how would you expect an illustrator and a gd to differ in their opinions on the matter, ms. zenie-who-puts-people-in-nicely-labelled-and-correctly-spelled-with-capitalisation-for-the-love-of-god-boxes

I think perspectve does matter loads, cos some people hate certain type of art.

I dont label people man

 

[Firky]

"We of the craft are all crazy," remarked Lord Byron about himself and his fellow poets. Byron, like the ancient Greeks,believed in divine forms of madness that inspired mortals' extraordinary creative acts and or performances.

I don't think that a persons mental stability makes them a better artist but you can not deny that there has always been a link between depression and creativity.

don't think the perspective really changes it... how would you expect an illustrator and a gd to differ in their opinions on the matter, ms. zenie-who-puts-people-in-nicely-labelled-and-correctly-spelled-with-capitalisation-for-the-love-of-god-boxes

 

[Vintage Paw]

"We of the craft are all crazy," remarked Lord Byron about himself and his fellow poets. Byron, like the ancient Greeks,believed in divine forms of madness that inspired mortals' extraordinary creative acts and or performances.

I don't think that a persons mental stability makes them a better artist but you can not deny that there has always been a link between depression and creativity.

Indeed there has. However, there are significantly more depressed people in the world who aren't artists than who are (or so I assume). It would be interesting to know if there has ever been any kind of research on this - gather all the world's arteests together and get them to do a questionnaire:

Ever felt sad: yes/no
Ever talked to yourself: yes/no
Ever had a slanty haircut: yes/no

 

[Firky]

Fair bit of research, the only name I can think of was Arnold Ludwig (1995) and Kay Jamison (don't know the year), who has also wrote a book on the subject, "Touched with Fire."

IME there's two kinds of people in art. Those who talk about it and those who do it.

 

[pengaleng]

I don't think that 'hating types of art' has anything to do with it, why would it be influenced by your own opinion of certain imagery when you are asking a question such as the one in the o.p.

Surely every genere has it's own 'group', for want of a better word, of different types of work within the same category, for instance, you may not like van gogh's work but you'd like the work of munch seeing as munchs' work is stylistically influenced by the post-impressionists.

Even if you hated all paintings there are still other generes of art that will create the same feeling, be it installations, graphic design, illustration or otherwise, I fail to see how that would influence a discussion such as this, and if it does then you are probably artistically redundant.

 

[zenie]

I don't think that 'hating types of art' has anything to do with it, why would it be influenced by your own opinion of certain imagery when you are asking a question such as the one in the o.p.

Surely every genere has it's own 'group', for want of a better word, of different types of work within the same category, for instance, you may not like van gogh's work but you'd like the work of munch seeing as munchs' work is stylistically influenced by the post-impressionists.

Even if you hated all paintings there are still other generes of art that will create the same feeling, be it installations, graphic design, illustration or otherwise, I fail to see how that would influence a discussion such as this, and if it does then you are probably artistically redundant.

Nah it doesn't and your right that I shouldn't have brought it up - total derail!!

LOL @ artistically redundant!!

 

[Appassionata]

Dear Diary:

Mood: Apathetic.

My life is spiralling downward. I couldn't get enough money to go to the Blood Red Romance and Suffocate me dry concert. It sucks 'cause they play some of my favorite songs like 'Stab My Heart Because I Love You' and 'Rip Apart My Soul' and of course, 'Stabby Rip Stab Stab'. And it doesn't help that I couldn't get my hair to do that flippy thingy. Like that guy from that band can do. Some days, you know...

My parents just don't get me, you know. They think I'm gay just because they saw me kiss a guy. Well, a couple guys. But I mean, it's the 2000s. Can't 2... or 4 dudes make-out with each other without being gay? I mean, chicks dig that kind of thing anyways. I don't know diary, sometimes I think you're the only one that gets me, you're my best friend...

I hope this isn't taking the piss out of me, because if it is, I'm not happy.

But if it isn't, then

 

[Appassionata]

"We of the craft are all crazy," remarked Lord Byron about himself and his fellow poets. Byron, like the ancient Greeks,believed in divine forms of madness that inspired mortals' extraordinary creative acts and or performances.

I don't think that a persons mental stability makes them a better artist but you can not deny that there has always been a link between depression and creativity.

you have to be mad to write stuff like this:

May this hideous world feel my pain as I die slowly from my heartbreak; my treasure, soon I will join you and love will again be ours.

ffs lol

 

[Firky]

It's one of our strengths and also one of our great weaknesses. Emotional honesty. If that makes me emo.... so be it.

 

[Vintage Paw]

/slit

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

if you torture me,
i willl make you an artist
i haven't a soul