If you want a good book on this theme, check out “Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man” by Joseph Heller. The protagonist is a guy who got famous by writing one book but everything else was ignored (like Heller himself with Catch-22). The connective tissue is an examination of all the Author’s peers being drunks, drug addicts, and depressed messes all in the name of the Artist must Suffer.
It asks the question you wrote about…why is art only “good” if you are in a dark place
This hit Mike. I've seen the industry for what it is. If it's too good to be true, it is. Thank you for speaking on such an important and necessary topic. Cassie and all the others are very strong people. Lets not let the exposer go in vain.
If you want a good book on this theme, check out “Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man” by Joseph Heller. The protagonist is a guy who got famous by writing one book but everything else was ignored (like Heller himself with Catch-22). The connective tissue is an examination of all the Author’s peers being drunks, drug addicts, and depressed messes all in the name of the Artist must Suffer.
It asks the question you wrote about…why is art only “good” if you are in a dark place
This hit Mike. I've seen the industry for what it is. If it's too good to be true, it is. Thank you for speaking on such an important and necessary topic. Cassie and all the others are very strong people. Lets not let the exposer go in vain.
Excellent stuff sir.