Van: "Integral World" Aan: Onderwerp: Introversion Datum: zondag 24 maart 2013 18:41 Newsletter Nr. 440 Amsterdam, March 24th, 2013 MENTAL DISTURBANCE VIEWED FROM AN ARTISTIC PERSPECTIVE - ELLIOT BENJAMIN In recent years, a number of studies have demonstrated a strong relationship between the personal characteristics of the creative artist and bipolar (initially referred to as “manic-depressive”) “illness” [4]. But if we take the Artistic Theory of Psychology as a temporary assumption, then our view of what is referred to as “mentally ill” must be drastically altered. For think of the meaning of the typical characterization of persons labeled psychotic or schizophrenic—“alienated from reality,” “inappropriate affect,” “in his own world,” etc. (see the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria for a full listing of the characteristics that are designated to fall under the schizophrenic classification [5]). I contend that each of these three phrases could characterize the common day-to-day experience of the creative artist. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/benjamin49.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html