tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13350637.post112388473415934480..comments2023-12-10T00:40:34.950-08:00Comments on The GliderCell Blog: The Connection Between Creativity and Mental IllnessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13350637.post-78956349232713185452009-06-18T02:06:43.111-07:002009-06-18T02:06:43.111-07:00Your right brain is your soul, left is your mind. ...Your right brain is your soul, left is your mind. It is true that Americans souls are snatched from them as youths. As people develop or reconnect to their soul through experiences they begin to feel. The result of having feelings in America is called mental illness and now they are trying to sell it as a permanent genetic disease. Mental illness is having a soul in a world of soulless , ego driven left brain ignoramuses who can only argue or reason, but cannot think for themselves. The greatest thinkers are being driven into madness by the greedy and ambitious society we live in. You have no idea of the true human potential, because you are trained to believe you are only meant to be "workers".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13350637.post-13033038313775565412009-02-02T23:34:00.000-08:002009-02-02T23:34:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13350637.post-31387861474066364312008-09-02T12:56:00.000-07:002008-09-02T12:56:00.000-07:00Mr. Chazen,My wife sent me a reference to this blo...Mr. Chazen,<BR/>My wife sent me a reference to this blog as it has related to many discussions that she and I have had during the course of our marriage (a wondrous condition that has lasted now a mere five years, and hopefully is blessed with another fifty or more to go). And, after reading the post several times, was inclined to post a comment - a rare moment of weakness indeed! :-)<BR/><BR/>I found this blog to be quite unsatisfying. Why, might you ask? Because it leaves one wanting much, much more.<BR/><BR/>I am fascinated with the whole concept of "not being in your right mind", a comment made about many with so-called mental abnormalities. Not being in your 'right mind' refers to a condition that you describe quite well in your post. Anyone that doesn't adhere to societies 'norm' - logic based and entirely 'right-minded' - is deemed to have socially unacceptable mores. <BR/><BR/>As you have pointed out, most of human history's most prolific creators do/have live(d) mostly in their 'left-mind' and so, would be deemed mentally disturbed by today's standards.<BR/><BR/>Those among us who [have/do] live equally in both our right- and left-minds also are plagued by not "fitting in."<BR/><BR/>I myself am both artist and engineer. I paint, write poetry and fiction, play guitar, and otherwise entertain myself and others with my left-minded approach to thinking and life. I am also a designer, writer, and technical engineer; what I 'do' for a living.<BR/><BR/>I wish that more people would look at individuals for their contribution, not for their conformance. If one looks at the changes that have occurred, and seem to be occurring much more rapidly, in today's society, one would see that our right-minded life - thoroughly ensconced and enveloped with the technology of everyday life as it is - drives more people to rage at the restriction such life forces on the id. Is it any wonder that the past several generations, and specifically todays's youth, should be 'angered' and left feeling abandoned by the 'norms' imposed by society.<BR/><BR/>Should we delve deeper into certain psychoses, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and autism to name a few - we might find that encouraging those who suffer these 'psychoses' to delve further into their left-minredness might well result in a normalizing of the right-minded thinking.<BR/><BR/>Even with all of our technilogical advances, we cannot, not should we, weed out those of us who are not in our 'right mind.'<BR/><BR/>Crispen Scott<BR/>'full-minded' thinkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13350637.post-60889297698085606382008-07-22T01:18:00.000-07:002008-07-22T01:18:00.000-07:00I write for the Myartspace Blog and I just posted ...I write for the Myartspace Blog and I just posted an entry concerning the link between mental illness and creativity. I've also been discussing the stereotypes concerning artists lately. It would be great to read your opinion on the topic.<BR/><BR/>www.myartspace.com/blogBalhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13350637.post-1130199378169041842005-10-24T17:16:00.000-07:002005-10-24T17:16:00.000-07:00I Think that you are absolutely right. We have all...I Think that you are absolutely right. We have all experienced the unsatisfaction of ourself untill we have created something we can take pride in. I believe I suffer (if you would like to call it that), with what you are describing. Some times bein frustrated or anxious for no appearent reason, (obvously some type of disorder) I could be kept up all night even if im tired, only being able to sooth myself by pulling out the keyboard and record a melody of expression. Its like im creating my own remidy to relief my symptoms, thus creating a beautifull piece of expressive art, driven by my own mental disability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13350637.post-1129481761954561122005-10-16T09:56:00.000-07:002005-10-16T09:56:00.000-07:00Dear Mr Chazen, I enjoyed your though-provoking po...Dear Mr Chazen, I enjoyed your though-provoking post. I think that in our pharmacuetically obsessed society, there is denial of natural human sadness --- and that perhaps depression need not be<BR/>a "disease" but may be indeed about growth. I am now reading "Where The Roots Reach for Water"(North Point Press) by Jeffery Smith and I highly recommend it. And keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13350637.post-1126824294180258322005-09-15T15:44:00.000-07:002005-09-15T15:44:00.000-07:00finally!!!!!finally!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com