A tortured artist is a myth. No?

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Why do people, especially younger people and those in academia, idolize those supposed ‘tortured artists’ who are hopeless, anxious, overly analytical, suicidal, and, well… depressed and depressing?

Are clinically depressed individuals and artists capable or better equipped to express anything more profound because they’re depressed or conflicted? Are th…