tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478585016269977581.post8526478788626271846..comments2023-11-05T11:28:09.589+00:00Comments on Scribble City Central: Milton to Dante: Pondering William Styron's 'Darkness Visible'Lucy Coatshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478585016269977581.post-20221474464663603132010-11-15T15:53:50.837+00:002010-11-15T15:53:50.837+00:00I, too, read Darkness Visible,with a jolt of recog...I, too, read Darkness Visible,with a jolt of recognition. I suffer from depression, and have for many years. The weather of depression to me is a dark mist, through which it is impossible to see clearly, and which seems to emmanate from oneself, like a malignant force. I am not a wrier, but a visual artist working with text, so that writing is important to me. Like other people who have commented here, I feel that there are so many extremely gifted writers and artists in the world as to render my contribution worthless, a feeling that makes working well nigh impossible.<br />Darkness Visible is a powerfully moving work, reading it helped me to understand that although I suffer alone, I am not alone in suffering, and furthermore, that recovery is possible.Finch.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11983873394619388088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478585016269977581.post-79503593683354434942009-02-21T18:35:00.000+00:002009-02-21T18:35:00.000+00:00I recognize myself in your comment about thinking ...I recognize myself in your comment about thinking there are so many talented writers out there that it's crazy to think I could join them. It is a stifling, often murderous inner voice that kills creativity. I'm enjoying your blog (found it through your posts on BlogCategory), but I'm not sure how to add it to my follow list. (I'm a total newbie; my blog is mosly about things and the stories they conceal.)Frankie Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06093324566743581868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478585016269977581.post-84137330445871876962009-02-21T10:45:00.000+00:002009-02-21T10:45:00.000+00:00Depressives unite! Sometimes I have the manic conv...Depressives unite! Sometimes I have the manic conviction that what I'm writing is 'the answer to life, the universe and everything'! But more often, I hold the more reasonable, but depressed, view that there are so many talented writers already doing such wonderful things that it's idiotic of me to imagine I could join their numbers - ever. Everything I do seems pathetic and weak; when friends and relatives try to be positive and encouraging, I assume they just feel sorry for me... But I've noticed that I'm definitely more creative when totally miserable. It's as if pleasure insulates the brain and deadens the logical processes.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959331296360525176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478585016269977581.post-87428276051011912542009-02-20T16:07:00.000+00:002009-02-20T16:07:00.000+00:00It's so good when you read something that makes yo...It's so good when you read something that makes you feel you're not alone! I must get hold of that book. <BR/><BR/>"unutterably useless and pointless"<BR/><BR/>Urgh, know what you mean. I get struck now and then by the paralysing thought that there are just so many children's books in the world, and why mine too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com