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[Question] Is suffering a necessary part of the creative process? [Short Response] 
Research shows that creativity arises from the silent inner depths of bliss consciousness. The writings of artists who suffered in their lives, such as van Gogh, indicate that their creative process was an escape from their suffering, not that suffering was the cause of their creativity. Their periods of suffering were down times when they could not create.
Individual Effects - David W. Orme-Johnson, Ph.D.
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