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Originally Posted by CroFlames
In a weird twist of fate, usually the crazier the artist (Van Gogh, Dali, Cobain, MJ) the better the art.
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I don't think it's weird at all if you think about it. People who live normal and balanced lives are rarely the ones who are pushing the boundaries of anything...they are too busy living happy normal lives within a defined spectrum. It's always the people who live on the edges, or have a singular manic obsession, that tend to move things forward or create truly interesting things. This is true for most fields, but 10x in terms of creatives. Unfortunately it's often expense of other things (relationships, health, sanity, societal acceptance) but you don't practise an instrument for 15 hours a day for decades, or live in abject poverty just so you can paint, if you're "normal".
You look at the most successful creatives (whether they be artists, musicians, writers, comedians), there's almost always some personal tragedy, or mental health or obsession, or chip on shoulder from poverty or class division, that drives them to do what they do. The "crazy" is what makes them so good.