Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello,
not sure if this question has been asked before but here goes. I wonder if our view of the world could be considered as a art form? I am thinking of painting and film making and writing to reflect our joint experiences. There is so much talent out there considering the latest edition of The Spectrum and I would love to see more Autism art work exhibited and also more films on and made by people on the spectrum. I find it so much easier to express myself by writing and so complete all the logs for my local cycling club which makes the locals laugh so must be doing something right. Does anyone else find this easy than talking?
I would like to see more focus in the newspaper reviews on Autistic artists and more attention paid to films made by Autistic directors and film makers. What do you think?
Nick
I think you are right about autism and creativity. The common perception of autistic people as computer geeks, ignores the fact that innovation and creativity in computing has been a driving force in advances in the field and is paramount in solving problems.
The world of video games is surely a creative industry. Here is an interview with Satoshi Tajiri who created Pokemon: https://the-art-of-autism.com/how-satoshi-tajiris-autism-helped-create-pokemon/
In the field of music, both David Byrne and Robert Fripp have Aspergers. After reading a couple of biographies of Beethoven, I am convinced he was autistic. With the passing of history it is easy to forget how innovative, as well as creative, he was.
I had no idea about those two of my music heroes; although it is sort of fairly obvious.I have just been rereading (second time) a Don Van Vliet biography. I found numerous comments (this time) that also made things fairly obvious with him; but I guess the author decided it was up to Don to say it for himself. He probably never got around to it because he found his abstract expressionist paintings a better way to just get on with his life. (He had always had quite a few things to say about whether labelling was such a great idea. But, Messrs Byrne and Fripp both seem to me to be fairly well-fulfilled folks.
With the FS post below, I'd say that we also need depictions of classic autism. And in both cases, who better to do that depiction, than those with the necessary experience .... and talent.