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Originally Posted by Shazerac
Glad to hear you're feeling good. I am an artist and I used to think that I did better work when I was manic. But now that I have a body of work ( hundreds of paintings) to look back on I can see that my work was actually much better when I'm stable.
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Another thing I've noticed: When hypo I get more creative perhaps.. but it's also rushed and sloppy. My best technical work happens like I am now. And I tend to do straight up historical reproduction work.. which is not even creative at all.. at least in a sense of originality. I'm a swordsmith by the way.. and my work ranges from 'art swords', mytho-poetic and historical reproduction. The latter happening when I'm 'stable'.
Also.. when I'm not 'stable' I may not even do swordsmithing. Last spring I suddenly became a potter.