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The Lone Creator of Nerdville and Dorkstown

I’ve come to a very well thought-out conclusion: that there is a real, marked relationship between creativity, and happiness.

And the relationship is definitely an inverse one, as can be seen in the following graph.

The gray arrows are creativity. The more miserable you are, the more creative output you have (See countless references in history: Poe, Hemmingway, Van Gogh, Pollack and nearly every other celebrated literary and artistic star). Of course, this loneliness and misery could also be substituted by a syphilitic brain infection, but your mileage may vary.

Maybe it’s just me. Maybe I have yet to learn how to harness emotions that aren’t negative and turn them into creative output. But when you’re happy in your personal life, there’s just so much to do. You don’t want to be stuck with your nose in some journal or tapping away at the computer; you want to be out frolicking in the fields, picking flowers and drinking beer.

I envy those that manage high creative output with happiness. Of course, I don’t know any of these souless automatons, but in a way, I wish that I was more like them.