What with it being #WorldMentalHealthDay, I thought I'd share this interesting TED talk. Having myself battled with mental health problems in recent months, I found Joshua Walters' notion of channelling your 'crazy' into creativity. He's definitely one to google.
"At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental "skillness." In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he asks: What's the right balance between medicating craziness away and riding the manic edge of creativity and drive?"
This also reminded me of Mitchell Davis (aka vlogging sensation LiveLavaLive), his battles with OCD and panic attacks and how he channelled this creatively into his YouTube career. His attention to detail and symmetry is beautiful. See here and here for some examples of his work, and here for his website.
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