Well now, it would seem i have been away for far too long.
I think Life got in the way unfortunately...but it's all good because i have no life again so i can resume my half baked attempts at submitting stuff.

My problem seems to be i submit in multiple mediums, can't decide if i am a photographer, writer, or poet...or just a pretender. I think i prefer the term experimentalist. Either way i am stuck for ideas, perhaps because every available crevice and dark corner of my brain is stuffed with psychology info. Doesn't leave much room for creativity right now. When i get an idea i will attempt to submit it sometime this year. There is a vague project screaming to get out at the moment, just can't place it right now. In the meantime i will make more effort to comment on your work instead.

Being happy sucks. I mean the irony isn't lost on me. The fact is i'm more creative when i'm depressed. Being happy has ruined my creative output. Or is that just an excuse?
And should you sacrifice your happiness for better creative output? After all, shouldn't your well being always come first?
Perhaps though, the answer is actually in whether your creativity brings you the joy you otherwise lack normally.

Obviously there has always been a connection between creativity and depression, linked to the areas of the brain responsible for these things. There are some interesting papers/journals on the subject, if you can bring yourself to wade through all the psycho babble. I don't have a choice, i have to for research purposes but these things i am genuinely fascinated by (or i wouldn't be doing a degree in the damn thing ).

Wondering what everyone elses views on this are. I know some of you, like me, have some experience of depression or related experiences. How does it effect your creative output or is it something you haven't really thought about?

Interested in your views..i want to get inside your head and poke your brain


Glomp hugs and cactus love to all.