Bonnie MacBirdIt is well known that in exchange for visionary powers, artists often suffer with extreme sensitivity and violent changeability of temperament. A philosophical crisis, or simply boredom of inactivity, could send [Holmes] spinning into a paralysed gloom from which [I] could not retrieve him.
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Sherlock Holmes was a famous detective and a man who possessed a very high intellect. He was also very sensitive, highly impressionable, and easily bored. Anyone who has been in his shoes can tell you that being someone of such high intellect and possessing such a strong sensitivity is difficult at best. However, what is interesting here is that when Holmes was in a rut or bored, he would often become incredibly depressed and could not come out of it. This speaks to the idea that when we are in a depressed state nothing seems to be able to pull us out of it.
Source: Art In The Blood
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