Tortured artist or Tortured by fame?

[emmelinemay]

Last week I mentioned my pondering on the paths of destruction so many artists seem to go down, and wondered whether they were damaged because they were famous and, or famous because they were damaged.

Synchronicity calling. Why rock and roll stars die young.

It's been proved by SCIENCE, people. And Science is neva rong. Rite?

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[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

I can't say I entirely agree with the survey.

I still think there is something within many talented people, or people that seek fame, which is a little bit broken in the first place, which is just amplified when they achieve that fame. Like Lyssa said in my last post, it is often the 'inner demons' which are the source of such talent and creativity.

Then you have people like Britney, who aren't particularly talented, but do seek fame and the limelight and the glitter, and then burn out spectacularly. Does she burn because of the fame, or did she seek the fame because of it?

I don't think that's something 'science' can answer, because it's more about what's within than something measurable.

Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty aren't unusual, looking back over the history of music, and art, and literature. They are repeating a pattern that has been seen over and over, since 'art' began. They aren't even the only ones with problems now, they just are more famous and sell more papers.

David Bowie said in an interview once that he doesn't remember making many of his videos, he was so out of it for most of the 80s. Jason Donovan was on massive amounts of coke, for pretty much every kids TV show he did.