Are creative people crazy?
Are creative people ‘crazy’? Is creativity ‘madness’? Or do they mean that we had all better watch out, because if you’re one of those creative types, you’re probably going to go crazy, if you really want to come up with crazy ideas or concepts.
It is a known fact that creative people make more use of their mental raw materials and practice less intellectual regulations but does that make us crazy? I was once introduced to my audience as a “crazy man” just to depict creativity. I did not feel bad about it even though it did not sound pleasant to my ear.
Then, I thought to really find out myself why anyone would think creative people as crazy. I realized that the characteristics of highly creative people are, I believe, the result of two specific behaviors of such people. These characteristics are common among average people and cannot comprehend how one person could have such beautiful thinking, so they refer to them as being “crazy”. Let's look at those behaviors and how they affect broader behavior.