So, how's your mental?

 This week's class was about creativity and madness and how when they're together, they can give you amazing work. We took a look at Van Gogh and how he used his madness to boost his creativity. Though there are limits to how mad your madness can become. For instance, Gogh not only cut off his ear but he also assaulted a woman just so he could paint her. Our assignment in this class was to embrace our madness using automatic writing. There was basically an emotional roller coaster going on in my head whilst doing this exercise. I wasn't too sure what exactly we were supposed to write, so I found myself just asking a million questions. When we got to the part where we shared our thoughts, everyone had very poetic pieces and wondrous thoughts. I felt left out and was on my phone the entire time.  So once the professor asked if anyone had a challenge completing the assignment, I immediately raised my hand, with no hesitation. I wanted my grief to be heard. I said, "I don...