Comments on: Personal Anguish

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By: Julienne

Julienne — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:51:27 +0000

True that! I was pleased and surprised to find some amazing research confirming this type of creative mindset. If anyone is interested check out “Your Creative Brain” by Shelley Carson PhD. The “Transform” function seems to be all about using pain in the creative process.

By: Rebecca Lang

Rebecca Lang — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:08:41 +0000

The joy of art is that it can make pain and suffering into something beautiful. And somehow, when you’re using the pain to create, it doesn’t hurt so bad.

By: Basilis

Basilis — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:41:17 +0000

Hello Wolf,

What about if we don’t want to sweat any longer? When we have lost our patience after a long trying period or (even worse) we “fall asleep” when we have achieve an important goal?

I’m talking not only as a writer, but as a music composer. There are a lot of complication in the writing-recording-promoting precedure and the way we think, what we fear, what makes us lazy, are dealing a lot with our “sweating process”.

P.S. Indeed Stravinsky phrase it in an excellent way! 10% inspiration-90% sweat.
To tell the truth when we are in our “desert” we sweat a lot more than being in Greek Islands laying on the beach…

Steve, I expect an article based on this metaphor.

(:-))

By: Teresa E

Teresa E — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:08:54 +0000

So true- though sometimes it seems that creating when you’re sad is easier than creating when you’re happy. The danger is getting addicted to misery as a driving force for your creativity.

What I took away from this is that the creativity keeps coming whether you’re happy or sad or depressed or angry so there’s no need to suffer to be an artist – but if you are suffering you can still turn the pain into gold.

By: Wolf rimbaud

Wolf rimbaud — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:05:49 +0000

I’m so tired of hearing his fallacy. This is purely the domain of the amateur. Songwriting is a craft that requires technique. All this stuff about ‘the muse’ isnpurely for those that have no idea what they’re doing. As Stravinsky said, music is 10% inspiration and 90% sweat.

By: Martine Brennan

Martine Brennan — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:20:33 +0000

I have to agree Steven, I began to write regularly after my daughter Hannah died.I really love your image of the Muse taking pity on us.

By: Basilis

Basilis — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:35:58 +0000

I suppose that Work can be done like in the Scream painting state of mind as long as we don’t jump from the bridge!

(Perhaps because of the work the screaming person is not jumping! )