Creative People and Creative Habits
Creative people have creative habits, by which I mean that creative people have bad habits–not so much in the application and prosecution of their craft inasmuch as their own personal habits. You could argue that creative people don’t reserve much of their consideration for themselves after they’ve spent it all in their work. This is to avoid altogether the discussion of what constitutes a creative person, which I would tend to mean as anyone who creates, specifically as a sort of sole proprietor in a personal obsession with a certain craft. It’s apparently a sort of personality trait. There are some kind gentle souls who put others and the world before themselves. And then there are other people who can’t be bothered to take care of themselves because they’re too busy writing or painting or whathaveyou. In truth, I wouldn’t ascribe to it anything glorious or romantic; I see it rather differently. There have been many bright minds and shining stars struck down amidst the height of their profession because they didn’t care for the consequences. All different names of scientists, writers, some painters, and certain even very professional performers. This condition seems to strike men far more than it Read More …