Rejection

I remember a story where a college student papered his walls - I think his bathroom - with rejection letters.

I so relate.

Depression and Creativity

Hi everyone.  Haven't been around for a while.  Generally, I've been better - much more stable. Last check it was 33 days and counting without a "crash," although at the moment I'm dipping lower than in a while.

Which brings me to the creativity issue.  I haven't written in a while because I didn't want to.  I couldn't really think of something pithy and amusing, or otherwise indignant.   But I was in the kitchen today and all of a sudden ideas started to fly into my mind.  

Which brings me to the often-written about link between being bipolar and  creativity.  It seems to hold true.  We sit in our misery and gain an understanding about life that is unique.  We are freed from the bullsh@#$ that society puts on us.  And we become rebels of a sort, because we can't - really can not - conform to society's mores.  

There is a good book about this topic by Kay Jamison - "Touched By Fire."  There is just a ton of stuff written on this.

But really, I could do without.  It's not like I'm Van Gough for pity's sake.