"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be." Abraham Maslow, Motivation and Personality, 1954
Sigriet, I read your other two wonderful articles of quotes but for some reason, the stars and comment box are not appearing. Thank you for them, they are wonderful.
Hi Sigriet, This sounds seductive but is it true? Grunger Kurt Cobain named his band "Nirvana", made music, embraced drugs and then killed himself. Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear, painted "Crows in the Wheatfield", and then killed himself Ernest Hemingway ran with the 'in crowd', wrote troubling literature and then killed himself Are they, all three, at peace?
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7
Actually, for me, that statement is very true. When I am too busy making a living to paint or write, everything bottles up and it is not a pleasant feeling, to say the least.
You are right, Mark, there is peace in God, but different people find that peace in different ways. I can't speak for other artists, but for me, to make art is a necessay thing, almost as necessary as breathing or eating. No one can ever really know why another person chooses suicide, but it doesn't seem very reasonable to group all artists into one 'bubble" like that. Van Gogh was a very talented man, but misunderstood in his own time, as well as both mentally and physically ill. Unfortunately, it seems to be true that some of the greatest art, music and literature comes from suffering. However, we can look at Van Gogh's work and know, that for a brief time at least, he did find peace and express his feelings in ways that many 'sane" people never could.
It is a brave venture to be oneself. It is a vacuum in life when one does not try. Take on life the way it suits you warts and all. Red flags and helium balloons. Dangers and new heights.
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This sounds seductive but is it true?
Grunger Kurt Cobain named his band "Nirvana", made music, embraced drugs and then killed himself.
Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear, painted "Crows in the Wheatfield", and then killed himself
Ernest Hemingway ran with the 'in crowd', wrote troubling literature and then killed himself
Are they, all three, at peace?
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7
Thanks Sigriet!
-Mark
You are right, Mark, there is peace in God, but different people find that peace in different ways. I can't speak for other artists, but for me, to make art is a necessay thing, almost as necessary as breathing or eating. No one can ever really know why another person chooses suicide, but it doesn't seem very reasonable to group all artists into one 'bubble" like that. Van Gogh was a very talented man, but misunderstood in his own time, as well as both mentally and physically ill. Unfortunately, it seems to be true that some of the greatest art, music and literature comes from suffering. However, we can look at Van Gogh's work and know, that for a brief time at least, he did find peace and express his feelings in ways that many 'sane" people never could.