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I think we've been measuring the wrong things. elizabethheider.com/blog/f/weve-...

A few months ago, while grappling with grief, I re-read Viktor Frankl’s iconic book, Man’s Search for Meaning, based on his experiences in Auschwitz.
Frankl tells us that it’s not we who ask life for meaning - life demands that we answer the question.

But I don’t see suffering as the consequence of art. Instead, pain is often the pre-existing condition - and creative expression one of the few available paths to relieve psychological anguish. It is a perfectly sane response to pain. elizabethheider.com/blog/f/art-a...

Elizabeth Gilbert discusses this linkage In her 2009 Ted talk: "We've completely internalized and accepted collectively this notion that creativity and suffering are somehow inherently linked and that artistry, in the end, will always ultimately lead to anguish."

Years ago, I was deeply affected by Kay Redfield Jamison's 1993 publication, "Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament" wherein she tracks generational depression and bipolar disorder and, in the same family trees, manifestations of stunning artistry.

Buscaglia (v., informal)
/boo-SKAL-yuh/

1. To confidently publish AI-generated content—especially reading lists or reviews—without verifying whether the books, authors, or basic facts are real.

“Wait, is this novel even real?” “Nope. They totally buscaglia’d the whole list.”

Nope. All chickens present and accounted for.