Do We Really Need to Suffer For Our Art?

Why we unnecessarily torture ourselves to keep creating

Photo by Dmitry Ratushny on Unsplash

When someone tells you they’re a writer or an artist, what do you imagine? Do you picture a happy go lucky person or a suffering soul who’s crouched over behind a desk or their canvas?

Does the beauty of art always have to come at the expense of pain and suffering? The more suffering we endure, the more beautiful…