You don't have to be a creative maverick to have a troubled mind. You just have to be human. There is no 'us' and 'them.' No one is one hundred per cent healthy, physically or mentally.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.
Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.
People have this preconceived notion of me. I'm 'Gob' to them: this thoughtless sociopath who lives this bizarre, ego-driven life. That would be insanity.
The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology.
I would describe myself as quite sane and lucid, which is why I'm still alive.
If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable.
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.