Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?
I believe that many really great artists are at some point in their lives considered to be mentally unstable or "insane" as it were, and sadly many are not truly appreciated until after they are gone.
In my line of work I see a lot of crazy, almost every day in fact. Yet I can say with total honesty that I have also seen some of these people create beautiful and delightful things. People with mental illness often see the world a bit differently, and they often use art as an outlet for their frustrations or as a calming balm to their otherwise hectic and troubled world. I unfortunately have never seen someone in the midst of a truly insane moment where creativity was the outlet or result, only aggression. But it is the knowledge that those moments do exist and the desire to help clients to find them is what keeps me doing what I do.
I did have an entire wall in my home in Iowa that was covered in drawings, paintings and artwork given to me by clients over the years. Some of it was wonderful, others mediocre, and yet more still were an unintelligible mash of colors and mediums but all of it was beautiful to me as it was symbol of hope and a creation of happiness that I helped to foster in these children's lives.
Sliante,
Kat
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