Gifted, Talented, Addicted - high ability & substance use http://developingmultipletalents.com/17/gifted-talented-addicted/ Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:40:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Gifted, Talented, Addicted - high ability & substance use http://developingmultipletalents.com/17/gifted-talented-addicted/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Laura Moncur Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.talentdevelop.com/devtalent/gifted-talented-addicted/#comment-9 This long list of addicted artists is misleading because the list of healthy and happy artists is far larger. <br/><br/>This post really just perpetuates the idea that in order to be creative, we must be tortured and unhappy. That's not the case and it leads some people to purposely make their lives miserable in order to become great artists. <br/><br/>It is possible to be a great artist AND be happy. This long list of addicted artists is misleading because the list of healthy and happy artists is far larger.

This post really just perpetuates the idea that in order to be creative, we must be tortured and unhappy. That’s not the case and it leads some people to purposely make their lives miserable in order to become great artists.

It is possible to be a great artist AND be happy.

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