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    Creativity and the Manic Depressive: In Search of Balance and Stability

    By David M. Delo

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    This book is a memoir about how the conscious and unconscious roles manic depression and creativity have shaped my life. I was fifty-eight years old when I discovered that for most of my adult life, I had been manic depressive (Bi-Polar II). Twenty years ago, as I sorted through the ashes of my erratic life journey, two facts became clear: manic depression had charted the course of my life, and creativity had been my constant savior. I wrote this book with the hope that some of my words might help other manic depressives better understand the machinations of their disease and the topography of their wilderness. It might also help them use their creativity to find balance and stability. This book is tough sledding; it throws punches from the first to last.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid M. Delo
    Release dateAug 8, 2011
    ISBN9781452403946
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    Creativity and the Manic Depressive: In Search of Balance and Stability
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    David M. Delo

    Bio of author David M. Delo I’ve never been great at anything, but I have been around and have had as many failures as I have successes. After college, I was a C.I. agent for NATO (US Army) in Europe. Back in the USA, I became an educational administrator for the American Geological Institute, in Washington, D.C.; a systems analyst and V. P. at Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco; owner of a guest ranch in Wyoming; a P. R. writer for a university library in Illinois and grants writer for a not-for-profit organization in Montana; owner of a publishing company (Kingfisher Creations) through which I authored 10 books; and a semi-professional photographer for half a century. I have also been an artist since 1993 and I have been bipolar II since the mid-1960s. I guess you could say I have had a colorful life. Since the turn of the century, I have resided within the world of creativity. My books (and paintings) are my children and my heritage. My action-mysteries are based on my years in Europe. My historical novels are all based on places to which I have ventured, and I still love my protagonists with whom I identify–a geologist, an artist, a photographer, and an intrepid explorer of the west.

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