Poetry

On mental illness and creativity

Every feeling, thought, and experience we encounter is viewed from the brain. We create mental frames for what we take to be reality. When our brain attempts to distort this reality, through trauma, addictions, and mental illness, we find creative ways to build new realities. The correlation between mental illness and creativity is often discussed, with the focus usually on whether or not […]

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Diverging from standard protocol

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