![]() ![]() Artists tend to be “writing and rewriting.” But many resist using medication, feeling it would alter their production. ![]() “The depressive brain is obsessive, ruminative, and highly self-critical,” Jamison said. She writes about experiencing bipolar disorder in her book, detailing her wonderful bursts of imaginative projects as well as the debilitating depressions that punctuated these thrills. Kay Redfield Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, visited the Santa Barbara Central Library last week to address positive solutions. ![]() That said, what can be done to quell the destructive consequences that can arise from unmanaged illness? Studies have shown correlations between mental illness, genealogy, and creativity. Mark Rothko famously painted a black canvas before he committed suicide Whitney Houston battled mental illness until her death. Madness and artistry have long been firmly held tropes in the arts. ![]()
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