Sunday, December 31, 2006

Melancholy Funk or Creative Ferment?

He saw a deep, redemptive connection between spirituality and depression. For him, depression was not a weakness but simply “one of the things that humans happen to be capable of experiencing.” It had its uses. “Depression turns you inward,” he explained. “In some senses the artistic calling becomes easier with a depressive illness.”

An idea from Joseph J. Schildkraut in the NY Times piece, "The Creative Mindreader" by Michael Kimmelman

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