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Purpose
The paper aims to discuss delusion as a creative experience.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper addresses narrative rendering of delusional thinking in detail and related styles of thought in artists.
Findings
Enhanced creativity during psychosis can be put to productive use in recovery. Artistic cultures may help psychosis sufferers move to a more socially inclusive, consensual view of reality.
Originality/value
The paper emphasises the artistic aspect of psychosis as a counterweight to the “machine aesthetic” of positivistic science and also stresses the importance of spiritual experience to recovery.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2012
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