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Originally Posted by genetic
I can't support these views, certainly not from an artistic standpoint. If you only knew
about creativity and about how the creative mind works, you might have a greater appreciation of artists and their gifts to the world.
Even in the field of psychiatry two leading writers whom I have read are concerned about the possible tragedy of loss in creative genius in bipolar patients and the loss to society of their invaluable contributions. (That is, in medicating them for episodes of manic thought and/or depression.)
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Once again, total misundestanding
This is exactly what I wanted to hint at in my last paragraph. I did not "evaluate" or "disappreciate" their work, but just said neutrally that "there might have been a total shift in the evaluation of manic phases of geniuses, at least in the medical world."