Artistic Expression

I really loved the idea behind artistic expression in this story. That sometimes artists draw upon their own misfortune and their own turmoil to produce such artful work. I was just talking to someone about that the other day. They said that they knew a man who was able to make great films that had a great story and all the technical aspects were great but in order for him to write the proper story he needed to take time to wallow in his own sadness about the way that life treated him. His stories then reflected the way that he chose to view life in the fact that every movie he made had a sad ending. A good example would be that in a movie about a guy falling in love with a girl, the guy gets the short end of the stick when the girl says she doesn't love him back. Then at the end of the movie he has the chance to choose to be with her and then the screen fades to black. Throughout the movie you can see periods of what the filmmaker may have gone through in his life and it becomes a movie that is a projection of the pain that the filmmaker feels. Like music in its artistry it is true that most of the good stuff comes from the creator being in some form of pain. Its also funny that drugs are so closely associated with those who participate in the arts. The more I think about it the more I realize why. It is because the arts are made to free everyday people from their chains and to allow them to experience life to the fullest. That is what most artists believe that drugs do for them, because they stimulate the mind into places that they are unable to reach on their own. Overall I loved the whole portrayal of a struggling artist.