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.
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Kay Redfield Jamison, referring to her bipolar disorder, has said, "I have felt more things, more deeply. I have often asked myself whether, given the choice, I would choose to have manic-depressive illness. If lithium were not available to me, or didn't work for me, the answer would be a simple no... It's complicated. I honestly believe that as a result of it I have felt more things, more deeply; had more experiences, more intensely; loved more, and have been more loved... laughed more often for having cried more often; appreciated more the springs, for all the winters." From my article Making Good Use of Depression.
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