(October 24, 2014 at 1:41 am)psychoslice Wrote: I don't really know, but I do know that when I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, I all of a sudden became very creative. I became a portrait painter, I wrote a book, started to play instruments and writing songs, and the best thing was havening a enlightenment experience, which the book I wrote was about. I have a few friends who are also schizo, and each one is also very switched on, well not all the time lol.The main difference between "crazy" and "genius," in my opinion, is really the appreciation that others have for your unique way of thinking. If they see meaning and value in it, you're a genius. If they find it discomforting, threatening or obnoxious, not so much-- even though the actual condition could be identical.
Very many of the greatest geniuses, especially in the creative arts, have been clinical in a variety of ways.
