Posted by Linda on 9/7/2005, 5:53 am, in reply to "Re: TO JIM"
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Jim
My partner had the same experience with painting and mania. He no longer paints either. I think the routine of a grounded, practical skill..But I still think that artistic expression could be re-integrated as a hobby. It doesn't make sense to me that creative expression can be permanently suppressed.
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: I guess the most direct answer is I
: don't feel the drive to do it.
: Historically I have had consuming
: interests that burn intensely until
: they finally burn out. I then go
: through a period of depression
: before another, different interest.
: I'm not really depressed right now,
: I'm more in the middle, but my
: artistic drive is low. Interestingly
: my career drive is high right now
: while I'm attending heavy equipment
: operator's school. My artistic
: drive, such as it is, has been more
: in the area of collage although I
: have done about 5 watercolors in the
: last few months.
:
: All that being said, I think when I
: wrote before I was implying that as
: my emotional health improves, I have
: less of a need for artistic
: expression. It's an idea I've heard
: before, that pain drives artistic
: output. Not sure if its very valid
: but it does seem to be the way it
: goes for me.
:
: On the other hand I just realized
: that I wrote above that I don't
: paint when I'm depressed, so maybe
: its a combination of pain and mania
: that does it. Is all that clear? ha
: ha. That's about as clear as it is
: in my head. Thanks for asking.
: Jim
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: Jim, would you mind sharing why you
: no
: longer paint?
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: Yes, it is clear that we have ups
: and downs in life and we deal with
: them as we best we know how.
: Thanks.
:
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