WHAT to do?
'What is this Madness?'
1. Editorial: What is 'madness' in history, today?
2. Famous mad characters: Sylvia Plath, Daniel Johnston, Allen Ginsberg...
3. How did their 'madness' affect their creativity? DID it?
4. not seeking to come to a conclusion about madness and creative types (not a scientist, only an analyst of various things). Can only explore idea of connections; where is line drawn between plain madness and mental illness? IS there a difference? Is it necessary to be mad to be a great artist or writer? Who or what is really NORMAL?
CREATIVES.
1. E. A. Poe
2. Daniel Johnston
3. Sylvia Plath-- being written by Jess Swan
4. Vincent van Gogh
5. Virginia Woolf
INCLUDE PRODUCTS OF CREATIVITY: lyrics, poems, images...
QUOTES PAGES...
'Research strongly suggests that, compared with the general population, writers and artists show a vastly disproportionate rate of manic-depressive or depressive illness,' - Kay Redfield Jamison, 'Touched with Fire', 1993
In my view, most madmen are remarkable. They’re explorers, travelers beyond the rim of consciousness. Not surprising if they pick up a few bugs and get sick. That’s all it is, madness. Mad just means sick. If you get fluid on the lungs it’s pleurisy. If it’s fluid on the brain, it’s insanity. –Clare Boylan, Beloved Stranger
SONGS-- list of. Related to these kinds of things.
Article (self written): creative madness, proven by whom etc.?
QUOTES on these kinds of things.
PICTURES: Art from periods of depression, mania etc.
FILM REVIEWS: The Hours, The Devil and Daniel Johnston etc....?
Street interviews: thoughts on creatives w/ mental illness or slightly mad? Is the mental illness an influence? Do you think it's healthy to utilise that? -- Use Diana F+ for portraits IF POSSIBLE (do 3!)
LOCAL creatives for interviews: ever suffered periods of mental illness?? Examples of their art etc. opinions. (do 3!)
LIST: Little Ways to Wellness: some meditations, good teas, places to go, things to do etc.
PLACES to call-- for help!
DEADLINE for submissions: 1 November
