The reason I mentioned Elvis, John H, is that I'm casting my net wide. If Elvis had had a proper education and intelligent 'handling' who knows what the man would have been capable of. As it was, he exhibited a great many of the behaviors that I'm asking about

(By the way, it was kind of lame bringing in Ronald McDonald, doncha thnk?)

There are many different kinds of artistry but to me they all seem tied together. Music and poetry and leather carving and painting and drawing and yes, pottery making, are all different forms of creativity. It seems almost a given that if a person is talented in one of the arts that he or she is also talented in others. That was pretty well covered in a thread from a few years back.

Writers too are notoriously subject to oddnesses. I suspect that anyone who has to dig deep within themselves over and over and over is at risk. Look at Truman Capote- a tremendously talented man - who never wrote again after his biggest hit.

Thanks, Bobert. More, please!