I have been trying to read the book "The Lily Pond A Memoir of Madness, Memory , Myth and Metamorphosis" by Mike Barnes (diagnosed). I'm finding it hard to follow because it jumps around too much. But one passage I found very interesting. He described one of his appointments with his Psychiatrist where she challenged him to write when he was depressed. He had only wrote when he was manic and found this to be a strange request.

It makes sense though. A person is given a talent and then abandons it for the majority of their life only to pick it up when their hypomanic or manic. It's a shame. Their art may be different during a depression or time of stability but different is okay. To keep up with my writing I started a blog on Psych Central and my goal is to write at least one entry per month. Creativity is kinda like a muscle if you don't use it it becomes flabby LOL!