Call All you Artists Out there
I would very much appreciate your opinions on the following questions for a research project on the manner in which Creativity and Madness or (Mental Illness) is portrayed in films that I’m doing as part of my MA film Course . Kindly Copy and paste the following questions with your answers into Word sign and state your profession and return to me at ddymphna@hotmail.com.
CREATIVITY and MENTAL ILLNESS
Do you think creative people have a different way of relating to other people and their environmentin general
Do you think an artist (in the broadest sense and including all disciplines) mustbe in a “special” frameof mind to enable thecreative process to take place
In your opinion are creative people more sensitive and therefore more likely to over react or act differently to normal everyday experiences
Do you think creative people are different in any way? Please Explain
Have you any direct experience family, friends etc who are artists with a history of mental illness
Thank you All
Dymphna
May 2nd, 200610:41 am at
Looks like interesting research, let us know the results when you’ve concluded!
May 3rd, 20068:16 am at
I think you may find a book called
the Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron interesting and helpful.