Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote about the melancholy from which he suffered most of his life. Today, he might be on a regimen of anti-depressants, and his writing might show a progression of his condition from darkness to light. Or so theorizes musician Keeril Makan who concedes that his own artistic contributions are influenced both by his depression and by his treatment of that condition. Makan claims that his feelings goad him into finding new expressions and that he composes “through fear.” Makan believes that any artist who suffers from depression is afraid to seek treatment because his art will change. Makan says that he has found a new energy derived from his treatment which includes meditation.Read the entire article here: My Dark Materials: The Music of Depression
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