Does madness have the ability to enhance artistic genius?  Alex unpacks a book called 'Touched With Fire: Manic-depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament' by Kay Redfield Jamison, which looks specifically at bipolar disorder and how prevalent it is in artists and creatives.  While the disorder tends to be very detrimental, Alex explores ways to channel that mania and depression into art, possibly in the same ways famous creatives in history have done.

Don't forget to subscribe, next week Alex looks at how most artists experience depression due to a lack of meaningfulness in their efforts through through a book called 'The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person's Path Through Depression.'  The answer lies not in medication, but meaning.  Get fyred up!