catharsis

As an artist I find that intensely negative emotions often fuel my creativity. I use my internal frustration, grief, despair, or anger to feed my creative response and to reach productivity flow. This process can be immensely cathartic, even sometimes emotionally healing.

Productivity flow is a state of mind when creativity peaks, focus sharpens, and you get more done. In this state, we are so focused on the task at hand that all else falls away.

“The pain passes, but the beauty remains”. Pierre Auguste Renoir