Creativity and Good Mental Health Can NOT go Hand in Hand

Suppose you are a composer and you get a beautiful melody in the middle of the night, what will you do? Will you turn it away or accept it?

Suppose you are a writer and you get a beautiful ending to your plot in the dead of the night when all you need is sleep, what will you do? Will you turn it away or accept it?

You will obviously accept it with open arms. Existence is sending you such a great idea. You can not ruin it.

If you accept the idea or the hymn, you will lose sleep and hence good mental health. And if you lose the idea and instead sleep, you won’t become that great an artist or a composer.

I find it hard to believe both can co-exist.