On the contrary, powerful stimuli like war have always been a driving force for people to create, e.g. here are some examples of paintings done in WW1 by soldie

On the contrary, powerful stimuli like war have always been a driving force for people to create, e.g. here are some examples of paintings done in WW1 by soldiers: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/remembering-americas-official-artists-war-180952321/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/remem.... And, of course, there's "Dulce et Decorem Est" (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decoru...): Wilfred Owen, who wrote some of the best British poetry on World War I, composed nearly all of his poems in slightly over a year, from August 1917 to September 1918. In November 1918 he was killed in action at the age of 25, one week before the Armistice.