Comments on: The Compulsion To Create http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/the-compulsion-to-create Art, Animals, and the Creative Experience Tue, 22 May 2012 09:50:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Angela Finney http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/the-compulsion-to-create#comment-12943 Angela Finney Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:46:51 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/the-compulsion-to-create#comment-12943 Since I have to do alot of reading/research for counseling, I may look of some of the psychological research on creating and add to this discussion later. I tend to agree on Robert's statement. I did love being in eat, sleep, work jag the last few days. Would do more of that if didn't have a farm to keep. Since I have to do alot of reading/research for counseling, I may look of some of the psychological research on creating and add to this discussion later. I tend to agree on Robert’s statement. I did love being in eat, sleep, work jag the last few days. Would do more of that if didn’t have a farm to keep.

]]> By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/the-compulsion-to-create#comment-12883 MonaMajorowicz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:30:55 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/the-compulsion-to-create#comment-12883 <strong>Undaunted,</strong> You and I have similar friends so I think that is what caught me so much by the quote. It's all so much a matter of perception and if what is created is usable or functional. <strong>Robert,</strong> <em>"the difference is how socially acceptable the results are."</em> Exactly so. But that's what I found so fascinating. Undaunted,
You and I have similar friends so I think that is what caught me so much by the quote. It’s all so much a matter of perception and if what is created is usable or functional.

Robert,
“the difference is how socially acceptable the results are.” Exactly so. But that’s what I found so fascinating.

]]> By: Robert Sloan http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/the-compulsion-to-create#comment-12847 Robert Sloan Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:53:19 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/the-compulsion-to-create#comment-12847 Seems like the difference is how socially acceptable the results are. I know I've done a lot of dark subjects in the past, it was a reflection of the situation I was living in at the time and I had no interest in doing pretty landscapes or flowers. Only much later did I take an interest in those things. It's social success afterward that changes the label. If people don't like you or disapprove of your creative works or their subjects, they'll call it compulsive. Sell it for a lot of money and all of a sudden it's disciplined genius. Which means you have to judge it for yourself. Which is why I don't put down the man who spent his life collecting bus tickets around the world -- he traveled to do so, he did something interesting that no one else had, it's cool. It's something he wanted. Or people who collect comics. There are some styles of art that I'm not personally fond of for various reasons but I can usually spot who'd be interested in them. Seems like the difference is how socially acceptable the results are. I know I’ve done a lot of dark subjects in the past, it was a reflection of the situation I was living in at the time and I had no interest in doing pretty landscapes or flowers. Only much later did I take an interest in those things.

It’s social success afterward that changes the label. If people don’t like you or disapprove of your creative works or their subjects, they’ll call it compulsive. Sell it for a lot of money and all of a sudden it’s disciplined genius.

Which means you have to judge it for yourself.

Which is why I don’t put down the man who spent his life collecting bus tickets around the world — he traveled to do so, he did something interesting that no one else had, it’s cool. It’s something he wanted. Or people who collect comics. There are some styles of art that I’m not personally fond of for various reasons but I can usually spot who’d be interested in them.

]]> By: Undaunted http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/the-compulsion-to-create#comment-12843 Undaunted Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:17:57 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/the-compulsion-to-create#comment-12843 Both good questions, and I have no clear answer for either. As you say, it is all about perceptions of what society deems normal. You could stay up all night working on your latest project, feeling all fired up with no need for sleep, and that's because you are an artist. But when the same thing happens to a certain friend of mine, his medication is changed. In my case, I have a complusion to create but still can't seem to motivate myself to do it - now that's craziness. Both good questions, and I have no clear answer for either. As you say, it is all about perceptions of what society deems normal.

You could stay up all night working on your latest project, feeling all fired up with no need for sleep, and that’s because you are an artist. But when the same thing happens to a certain friend of mine, his medication is changed.

In my case, I have a complusion to create but still can’t seem to motivate myself to do it - now that’s craziness.

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