Via Ria, I found this article in the Independent discussing the link between creativity and mental illness – do read it, it’s very interesting! It’s not a new idea, but there does now seem to be evidence to back it up, and it made me wonder: if scientists, engineers and creative types are all crazy, what exactly do sane, non-creative people contribute to society? Are they simply there to make cups of tea?
If you think about it, they do get a pretty raw deal. Yes, our entire society may be built around their strange 9-5 ways; no, no one is ever going to ask them when they plan to quit the accountancy thing and get a proper job, but no one ever remembers them either. We all know who Einstein was, but who made his tea, or in his case, probably coffee?
And that is all, I’m very tired 
PS: The file name for the photo of Einstein was ‘Albert_Einstein_Head_Cleaned_N_Cropped’. Is it me or does that sound positively macabre?
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