Re: ART: Creativity

Robert Schrader (rms@cts.com)
Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:55:31 -0800 (PST)


On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Kathryn Aegis wrote:

> Robert Schrader:
> >The extreme of letting one's thoughts take new routes is insanity.
>
> Thinking too freely causes insanity? Wow. I guess I'd better make
> advance arrangements with St. Elizabeth's!
>

Please note: I was offering a definition, not a claim of cause and effect.
I wrote 'is', not 'causes'.

> >( Many notable artists and musicians are known to strayed over the edge. )
>
> Many notable artists and musicians, along with many notable
> politicians and businessmen...

Yes, but only in South America is it an asset to politics. :)

> ...have had biological problems that led to
> them being unable to cope with life in an effective manner.
>
> Sin, (or sink)
>
> Kathryn Aegis
>

I have no disagreement with your statement of causes. But my comments were
about mechanism of creation/insanity and modeling thereof, not the cause
of insanity.

Robert Schrader rms@cts.com