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Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

Anonymous — Thu, 17 May 2018 05:28:56 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/17/2018 09:28

Hayden wrote:

dividesbyzero wrote:

while it again is certainly reasonable to suggest that having access to a broader range of emotional experiences can positively impact one's creative pallet overall, to suggest that any one particular sub-set of emotions is somehow the universal creativity-killer strikes me as misguided at best

Yeah, this.

You can be happy and make good art, but it's probably not best for artists to only rely on one set of emotions (for their sake, not ours).

yeah like the weird quasi-pedestal we collectively put suffering artists atop is only ever to the detriment of those suffering artists we claim to love and support (but let's be honest, everyone who romanticizes, say, Cobain's experience for example is more just infatuated with the idea of Kurt Cobain than anything else. It's really quite bizarre and honestly kinda sickening when you get right down to it)

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

Hayden — Thu, 17 May 2018 05:19:27 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/17/2018 09:19

dividesbyzero wrote:

Yeah, this.

You can be happy and make good art, but it's probably not best for artists to only rely on one set of emotions (for their sake, not ours).

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

Anonymous — Thu, 17 May 2018 05:05:55 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/17/2018 09:05

while there is likely a certain truth to the idea that experiencing a broader range of emotions can move one to create better or deeper art (whatever that means), I think there's a certain cultural romanticizing that society has towards the idea of the "depressed artistic genius" that really skews our collective understanding of just how depression does or does not influence the creative process. At least in my personal experience, most of the depressed artists I know do most of their art -even art relating to that depression- during whatever moments they can find away from that depression however briefly.

I honestly kind of hate the common assertion that happiness kills artistic inspiration because in addition to it being a nonsensically vague platitude, it feeds some truly toxic widely held beliefs regarding anti-medication fearmongering and other such bullshit.

while it again is certainly reasonable to suggest that having access to a broader range of emotional experiences can positively impact one's creative pallet overall, to suggest that any one particular sub-set of emotions is somehow the universal creativity-killer strikes me as misguided at best

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

YoungPunk — Mon, 14 May 2018 17:31:35 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/14/2018 21:31

boyd94 wrote:

Empathy combined with a peculiar genius can generate artistic inspiration no problem. Although it probably does help to experience whatever emotion or mental state is the object of expression or discussion, there's not necessarily any connection between experience and expression thereof.

There's no expression in my music...

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

boyd94 — Mon, 14 May 2018 13:00:46 GMT

Author: boyd94

Posted: 05/14/2018 17:00

Empathy combined with a peculiar genius can generate artistic inspiration no problem. Although it probably does help to experience whatever emotion or mental state is the object of expression or discussion, there's not necessarily any connection between experience and expression thereof.

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

YoungPunk — Sun, 13 May 2018 14:30:25 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/13/2018 18:30

sethmadsen wrote:

Was this from the Royal Academy of Music or Julliard?

Mostly kidding about the word choice.

Well I didn't go to Julliard like John Williams, but I worked with a band for a while, It was kind of a One Direction and Lindsey Stirling combination, which didn't do so well obviously... We don't talk to each other anymore...

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

RoundTheBend — Sat, 12 May 2018 22:51:46 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 05/13/2018 02:51

YoungPunk wrote:

Mozart was actually miserable, his story was sadder than even the Amadeus film, or so I've heard from the experts

Was this from the Royal Academy of Music or Julliard?

Mostly kidding about the word choice.

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

SamNassiri98 — Sat, 12 May 2018 21:02:28 GMT

Author: SamNassiri98

Posted: 05/13/2018 01:02

I think sadness/misery makes you reach points creatively you can't reach when you're not depressed, but I think the same counts for happiness...

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

YoungPunk — Sat, 12 May 2018 19:37:25 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/12/2018 23:37

Mozart was actually miserable, his story was sadder than even the Amadeus film, or so I've heard from the experts

no

glynspsa — Sat, 12 May 2018 07:26:23 GMT

Author: glynspsa

Posted: 05/12/2018 11:26

no

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

Anonymous — Sat, 12 May 2018 04:27:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/12/2018 08:27

Fischman wrote:

No.

Justified in three words:

Franz

Joseph

Haydn

One more word : Wolfgang (a happy nature)

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

indieshins — Thu, 10 May 2018 23:43:44 GMT

Author: indieshins

Posted: 05/11/2018 03:43

I get where you're coming from. Because writing can be a catharsis, you wouldn't want to purge happiness, and so not write. But the same is true of depression, at least for me. If I'm in a bad mood, the last thing I want to do is write. However, you absolutely should. If it's important to you, write everyday, even for ten minutes. Don't worry if its bad. Write anyway.

Another word on inspiration - there's a quote that I can't remember which basically says that there are stories all around us, and a good writer has his eyes open to them. This shows you don't have to write about yourself, you don't even have to write about something that comes from an emotional place - it could entirely cerebral. You can even write about other people. Don't wait for inspiration to come, start writing and you will become inspired.

Of course, this applies to other artistic mediums as well.

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

YoungPunk — Thu, 10 May 2018 22:47:38 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/11/2018 02:47

TheHutts wrote:

I do think a lot of rock music is based on rebellion, discontentment, etc, and accordingly a lot of the best rock and roll is made by people in their twenties. Not the case for other genres like jazz and classical.

That's what I was thinking... Maybe I should move on to Haydn music lol.

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

TheHutts — Thu, 10 May 2018 22:41:44 GMT

Author: TheHutts

Posted: 05/11/2018 02:41

I do think a lot of rock music is based on rebellion, discontentment, etc, and accordingly a lot of the best rock and roll is made by people in their twenties. Not the case for other genres like jazz and classical.

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

RoundTheBend — Thu, 10 May 2018 22:05:19 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 05/11/2018 02:05

I think Apathy and lack of struggle actually kill artistic inspiration. Or at least are some of the contributors.

Affluence CAN be but isn't a 100% every time thing.

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

911Turbo — Thu, 10 May 2018 18:06:47 GMT

Author: 911Turbo

Posted: 05/10/2018 22:06

YoungPunk wrote:

Maybe I am simply too happy. What do you guys think?

i believe, great music is/has been accomplished via many different feelings.

Just a suggestion, try out some "wacky tabacco" and that may initiate some positive creativity.

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

YoungPunk — Thu, 10 May 2018 17:33:27 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/10/2018 21:33

Fischman wrote:

No.

Justified in three words:

Franz

Joseph

Haydn

One of the greatest!

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

Fischman — Thu, 10 May 2018 17:24:16 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 05/10/2018 21:24

No.

Justified in three words:

Franz

Joseph

Haydn

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

YoungPunk — Mon, 7 May 2018 18:03:32 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/07/2018 22:03

PurpleHazel wrote:

What kind of music do you do?

Well when I was in my "dark period" I would just scribble a whole bunch (pages) of notes down at once however I felt like (modern composition), and then recreate what I was thinking when I made the notes over a span of months, but I can't do that anymore.

Re: Does happiness kill artistic inspiration

JOSweetHeart — Mon, 7 May 2018 17:59:25 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 05/07/2018 21:59

YoungPunk wrote:

JOSweetHeart wrote:

To me, if your own experiences are not good enough to write about, you can always write about what is on another person's plate, granted they are okay with your doing that of course.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

Its hard to get into other peoples' mindset....

True, but if what you get from the outside is not enough, you can always write about how you would feel if you found yourself in the middle of such a picture.

God bless you always!!!

Holly