Convince me.

[Tracy Mitchell]

Maybe just me, so feel free to discount all of this. The notion that creativity and/or artistic vision are a function of 'insanity' is a long standing view which has become dated. The challenges to writing a contemporary and poignant poem based on antiquated understandings of mental illness seem overwhelming. 'Insights' or 'vision' produced by neuro-chemical imbalances strike me as on par with dream-poems or drug poems. That is, self-limiting. I also think positing a bright line distinction between sane and insane, then imbuing that distinction with major significance, produces the same results. Not trying to pick a fight, just my view expressed here.

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