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 - Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament It is a very beotifull book, with an almost poetical writing abaut the relation between the manic-Depressive illness and art creativity. It is over all a book that does not approach the problematic of the illness from a negative point of view but yes looking to important points that they must be had in account when somebody is come across with this illness and not only from a clinical point but also social and cultural point of view. Rating: - inspiringAfter finishing my senior independent study on creativity and mental illness, I still go back to this book in with fond memories. It's an accessible and even-minded introduction to the admittedly controversial theory of the link between mental illness and creativity. It was the inspiration for my research. Rating:  - not an easy readI found a lot of this book boring and hard to understand. It was more like a medical textbook. I don't know what I thought I was getting, but this wasn't it. Rating: - UNDERSTANDING CREATIVE MINDSI HAVE BEEN ALL MY LIFE PROMOTING CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN ART (33 YEARS), AND THIS INCREDIBLE AUTHOR KAY REDFIELD JAMISON, GAVE ME SOME FINAL ANSWERS ABOUT THE LIFE AND THE PROCESS OF CREATION IN ALL THIS VERY SENSITIVE HUMANS, THE ARTISTS. MANY OF THEM ARE ALWAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF CONTRADICTORY EMOTIONS, PAIN AND JOY...........TOUCHED WITH FIRE. IF YOU LOVE THE ARTS YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK. GUILLERMO SEPULVEDA Rating:  - Touched with FireWell written. Good history examples of people suffering Mental Illness. The Up sides, the Down sides. Creativeness, destructivesness of... In association with Amazon.com | |