Darkness

[Tanishq]

Now you people made me think a lot.

It seems you all use darkness for creativity, not to harm anyone. I have a feeling my perception about darkness is very different than yours.

Hmmmm, I am understanding and learning something new here.

 

[braggle]

@Saria you could start by just doodling while you have these dark thoughts you may be surprised where it takes you. Things like crayons or oil pastels are really good because if you are frustrated you can be much more heavy handed with them without them breaking. Sometimes I just draw while I visualise my thoughts and emotions leaving through my hands and onto the paper. When I'm finished I can rip it up or burn it if I choose to but more often than not I like what I've created.

 

[Anrish]

Without words. :D:hilarious:

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[Recovery4Me]

@Anrish I love it! Very creative!:hug:

 

[Changing4Best]

I hear voices, they contradict my thoughts of God and just regular thoughts too, like when I decide to do something healthy or good or right or loving. I try to ignore them. Sometimes Jesus speaks to me too. He says nice and loving things. I am happy when He does that. The last thing He said to me was, "I will help you." when I was praying about my future. I was so relieved!

 

[jaccat]

I think finding darkness in the work of other creative people has made me less afraid of my own. Sometimes the stuff I write is too much even for me, but then I can get an extra benefit from destroying it- like I have got that bit out of me and am letting it go. At the same time I think its a bit about what's normal to you. For instance there was no censor on it in my home, where my family were all creative in some way- my brother's paintings, for instance, are too much for me, but at the same time they put my work into perspective:)

 

[WildMermaid]

Last night my husband and went on a dinner date and shared our story ideas. It turns out that he has a list of some really good horror concepts that he'll be making into comic stories! I shared where I'm at on mine, and had a colorist for me to look at. We pretty much ended up as giddy as teenagers with all of the creative energies flowing! The "Darkness" has really brought a lightness of being into our lives! :happy:

 

[WildMermaid]

I've written a villain for this entire day and getting into his history, parents, relationships, loves, abuses, and memories has been damn intense. I think it is time to go crawl into someone else's head for a wee bit.

 

[Tanishq]

@Anrish Good creative share there. :tup: (I concur Recovery4Me). I want more cookies, of course. :hungry:

 

[WildMermaid]

:oops: I was late with the cookies! Sorries! This time I brought tea to go with them. What I've found for myself since the beginning of this is that I do two days of "dark" work which makes me kind of gleeful :unsure: :wideeyed: and one day of processing what that was about and feeling just off. Not sure how effective this will be as a long term solution, but I am making progress, and start scripting tomorrow.

 

[Ronin]

What I've found for myself since the beginning of this is that I do two days of "dark" work which makes me kind of gleeful :unsure: :wideeyed:

You're being creative, you're being persistent, you're getting things done, and you're also exploring something new, and having fun with it, I see so many reasons to BE gleeful just fine, congratulation on it. :tup: (I need a smilie that does victory sign.)

 

[ihateusernames]

Wow, this is a great post! I didn't see it go up before, but I had to take a break from the forums for a couple of weeks. Must have been during that time.

What to say about this... hmm.

I guess I'm kind of lucky in this area. In my world it's always been normal to sort of embrace the "darkness." There have always been lots of horror movies (and books) and things around. Most of my family is artistic and quite a few of them write. Often with a darker element. (My poor cousin had a huge fiasco in middle school over a short story she wrote. Apparently they thought she was planning to become a serial killer. *shaking my head*) Actually, I don't think I ever fully appreciated this before. I have been really lucky to have always had access to like minded people. Even my dad, there's not much positive I can say about him, but he was very creative and a pretty decent artist.

So some girls I know were discussing a book on facebook the other day and one somewhat disgustedly said something to the effect of "I don't understand how (the author) can come up with such disturbing stuff." And that's not a thought that's ever really crossed my mind. It's funny that people can be so different. I usually go about my business assuming that most people have at least some of the same kind of thoughts going through their heads that I do. Maybe not. Actually, I would be kind of disappointed to be wrong about that. :(

I feel like the dark side as it's being discussed here stems from what others have already said, a primal (@Senecia), wild (@Anrish) part of us. Base thoughts and urges that most of us know perfectly well never to act on most of the time. That doesn't mean they can't be properly channeled, whether through some kind of creative outlet or an aggressive activity that doesn't harm anybody.