How has the relationship between creativity and mental health been portrayed through art history? by Gabriela Neuding

Examples - Gabi N. - Brenda

gabrielaneuding27_2_1 — 2025-03-18 16:41:46 UTC

There are some examples of artists who became more creative after they developed a psychological disorder. For example, Brenda has _psychosis and Karen has _bipolar disorder. The artist can notice its difference by themselves. They can perceive(Pubmed, 2023).

1- Brenda: “I actually understand creativity in terms of creative thinking. So solution-oriented thinking, thinking out of the box, is very broad. And that can be very applicable in your whole life. If you have a technical problem, it is very different than if you have an emotional problem, for example, but they both ask for an answer or a solution or a creative interpretation to allow that process to continue. That's the gist of it for me.

Karen

gabrielaneuding27_2_1 — 2025-03-18 16:42:21 UTC

2- Karen: “You can look at a thing from one side, but if you're creative, you can see it from at least 50 sides. That is creativity across the board. I think that everyone has creativity and that you can nurture it but you can also destroy it. (..) I think if you're encouraged to fantasize and play as a kid, creativity is nurtured, and if you're brought up in a very practical way or if people are being negative about what you're doing, you can break that early on” (Pubmed, 2023).

Picasso

gabrielaneuding27_2_1 — 2025-03-18 16:42:58 UTC

3- “Picasso's Blue Period (roughly 1901-1904) was triggered by the suicide of his close friend, Carlos Casagemas, coupled with Picasso's own struggles with poverty and emotional turmoil, leading to a focus on melancholic, blue-toned art”(PabloPicasso.org, n.d.).

SOURCES:

gabrielaneuding27_2_1 — 2025-03-18 16:54:18 UTC

Sources:

Woo, E. (2023, May 11). The Link Between Creativity and Mental Illness | Getty News. Www.getty.edu. https://www.getty.edu/news/the-link-between-creativity-and-mental-illness

Mental Health and the Arts | Madness Outside In. (n.d.). Morningside.uoregon.edu. https://morningside.uoregon.edu/mental-health-and-the-arts/

Rössler, W. (2016). The stigma of mental disorders. EMBO Reports, 17(9), 1250–1253. https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201643041

Pietro. (2024, December 2). Linea del tempo dei periodi artistici - Argomentando. Argomentando. https://www.argomentando.it/linea-del-tempo-dei-periodi-artistici/

CSP Global. (2020, July 13). A History of Mental Illness Treatment. CSP Online. https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/history-of-mental-illness-treatment/

‌PabloPicasso.org. (n.d.). Pablo Picasso's Blue Period. Retrieved from https://www.pablopicasso.org/blue-period.jsp

Boumans, J., Oderwald, A., & Kroon, H. (2024). Self-perceived relations between artistic creativity and mental illness: A study into lived experiences. Frontiers in Public Health. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11196626/

3 do passado (1800-1900) –ex: Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci

3 do presente (agora)- ex: artigo!