to me, any real creative accomplishments require considerable sustained effort. generally, feeling shitty saps energy, so id say it puts the skids on getting bi

to me, any real creative accomplishments require considerable sustained effort. generally, feeling shitty saps energy, so id say it puts the skids on getting big things finished. however, necessity is the mother of invention, and people will do anything to feel better- often artistic and creative acts can give someone something tangible that they can control (to some degree). then you get addicted by the progress and it becomes self sustaining. so in that sense, the negative emotions can be a source of inspiration. from my own experience, the moments of particularly creative inspiration are always a product of effort, or at the very least highly correlated. since effort can be summoned from both negative and positive emotions, i think its hard to say that one side is more powerful.