Dennis' Newsgroups wrote:
> Well, alot of the great art of the history was from depression or some
other
> state of emotional pain. This holds true for paintings, sculptures,
music,
> writing, etc. Nothing like mental anguish to get the creativity juices
> flowing to express it.
>
The artist starving in a garret is certainly still a popular stereotype
and, as such, has to be taken seriously.
So, yes, unhappy people have produced wonderful work - most recently, I
read a review of a biography of Josef Conrad that seems to confirm that
view in spades. He left a happy life as a seaman for an unhappy one as a
writer and family man.
I'm not sure that it is necessary, though. It certainly isn't sufficient
- unhappy people also produce crap.
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