poor poor byron

[lauralh]

I finished Touched with Fire last night. It's all about the bipolar poets in the 18th century, and how it's not just a coincidence that artsy people tend to be crazy. If you or someone you love is an artist/writer, and/or manic-depressive, check it out.

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[xol0tl.livejournal.com]

Might explain why Byron is my favorite poet...

[lemur68.livejournal.com]

The most insufferably tortured drama whores in my life have always been either English or theater majors in college.

[leeloolala.livejournal.com]

White trash suburban artists.

They just like to pretend to be wayward.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

And this is relevant to what exactly?

[lemur68.livejournal.com]

"artsy people tend to be crazy"

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

i tend to think of drama whoredom as something completely different from clinical disorders.

[ravenword.livejournal.com]

You should read An Unquiet Mind, the author's memoir about her experience with manic-depressive illness.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

I don't really like memoirs that don't contain sex, booze and drugs.

[discogravy.livejournal.com]

on that note, I'm really looking forward to when you publish yours..

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

Wait till you read Reg's!