tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9771388.post113482175237439911..comments2024-02-25T01:29:27.685-05:00Comments on madabandon: not yetmadabandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308987309977481146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9771388.post-1134835439814124852005-12-17T11:03:00.000-05:002005-12-17T11:03:00.000-05:00My friend who suffers from schizophrenia refuses t...My friend who suffers from schizophrenia refuses to take medication because he feels it will sap his creative juices, leave him in an uncreative zombie state. I don't know where/if there is a 'happy' medium. But god damn it, it hurts to know that you, my friend, people suffer. I'm teaching an Intro to Humanities class in January and the point of the class is: what does it mean to be alive? Madabandon, you've made me think about the human struggle behind a piece of music or art. Of course there's a story behind every painting or song. But it's so much more than that, so complicated and HUMAN. You are not a whiner. I think your words help you, help us, better understand the struggle behind/within the creative spirit.T.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01668831216944377298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9771388.post-1134827416035515862005-12-17T08:50:00.000-05:002005-12-17T08:50:00.000-05:00Thats tough.Do you always feel that way, or are th...Thats tough.<BR/>Do you always feel that way, or are there times when you would not trade places for anything, I wonder?<BR/>Stumaddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318385331912461191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9771388.post-1134825711543197942005-12-17T08:21:00.000-05:002005-12-17T08:21:00.000-05:00That was beautifully put. I did tell a friend yest...That was beautifully put. I did tell a friend yesterday that I would rather be untalented and at peace than talented and struggling 95% of the time. I mean it.madabandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308987309977481146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9771388.post-1134823968803458682005-12-17T07:52:00.000-05:002005-12-17T07:52:00.000-05:00It doesn't sound like whining - part of the deal f...It doesn't sound like whining - part of the deal for the truly creative is that everyone else gets the beauty while you get to stand, as if in the wings, just outside the radiant glow of your creation; somehow YOU get to be the onlooker on the fringe of a great shared experience. <BR/>True peace seems, to me, to be something usually only available to those with the most limited imagination. Maybe it's easier for it to exist in a vaccuum.maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318385331912461191noreply@blogger.com