Creativity and Madness
- : Excellent overview of the qualities that are the same in both creativity and psychosis--in other words, a look at the razor edge between knowing you're making things up (creativity) and being convinced that the things you're imagining are real (psychosis, a loss of contact with normal reality).
- Shadows on the Wall: An Interview with James O'Barr by Dike Blair - Some people talk about art as catharsis, and one of the best modern examples is James O'Barr, famous for his creation of The Crow. O'Barr created the Crow to try to help him deal with the death of his fiancee.
