Schizophrenic Creativity in Nasars A Beautiful Mind and Ron Howards M

schizoid Creativity in Nasars A Beautiful Mind and Ron Howards Movie In Ron Howards (2001) A Beautiful Mind, Russell Crowe gives life to Sylvia Nasars limning of the schizophrenic genius jakes Nash in her novel of the same title. Both Nasar and Howard try to depict Nashs originative genius in an effort to unlock rationality of the creative regale. The underlying squareity of Nashs psycho reasonable creative process may never fully be realized repayable to the extreme difficulty of coherently portraying the mind of a schizophrenic, however the relationships between the portrayals of Nash through each medium shed light on Howards profess view of the creative process. Howards finish to depict a rather coherent case of schizophrenia directly relates to the overall depiction of the creative process as nighthing at once logical and irrational, fantastic and grounded in reality.Although there are some inconsistencies between Nasars novel and Howards movie and even between Nasa rs book and what some reviews have claimed to be the truth of Nashs life, these inconsistencies can be analyzed and understood to be intentional enlightening hints as to both Nasars and Howards views of what the creative process on the nose was for John Nash. Ron Howard takes a very interesting diversion from Nasars text right from the beginning of the movie in an effort to project a fairly conformable portrayal of Nashs creative process from the very beginning of his signs of genius. Howard decides to initiate Nashs case of schizophrenia from the very outset of Nashs ability to think creatively. Nasar clearly presents Nash as a strong intellectual scholarly person who, however asocial, is not insane up through the age of thirty. Howard does arguably port... ...o which John Nashs Game hypothesis was applicable to the real world. Thus, Howard defines the creative process of John Nash as basically very idealized and, to some extent, mild version of schizophrenia. Although Nash d id win the Nobel Prize, Howard overlooks the opinions held by many that the Game Theory didnt, in fact, merit the Nobel Prize. Thus, to Howard, the creative process has very little connection, if any, to any art that is subsequently produced. To Howard, the creative process is a journey to learn friendship firsthand, pioneering through the mind no matter how grounded in reality. Works CitedCharles, Marilyn. A Beautiful Mind. American Journal of Psychoanalysis. NY, 2003.Myerson, Roger B. Nash Equilibrium and the History of sparing Theory. Journal of Economic Literature, 1999.Nasar, Sylvia. A Beautiful Mind. NY Simon & Schuster, 1999. Schizophrenic Creativity in Nasars A Beautiful Mind and Ron Howards MSchizophrenic Creativity in Nasars A Beautiful Mind and Ron Howards Movie In Ron Howards (2001) A Beautiful Mind, Russell Crowe gives life to Sylvia Nasars depiction of the schizophrenic genius John Nash in her novel of the same title. Both Nasar and Howard try to d epict Nashs creative genius in an effort to unlock understanding of the creative process. The underlying reality of Nashs psychological creative process may never fully be realized due to the extreme difficulty of coherently portraying the mind of a schizophrenic, however the relationships between the portrayals of Nash through each medium shed light on Howards own view of the creative process. Howards decision to depict a rather coherent case of schizophrenia directly relates to the overall depiction of the creative process as something at once logical and irrational, fantastic and grounded in reality.Although there are some inconsistencies between Nasars novel and Howards movie and even between Nasars book and what some reviews have claimed to be the truth of Nashs life, these inconsistencies can be analyzed and understood to be intentional enlightening hints as to both Nasars and Howards views of what the creative process exactly was for John Nash. Ron Howard takes a very interes ting diversion from Nasars text right from the beginning of the movie in an effort to project a fairlyconsistent portrayal of Nashs creative process from the very beginning of his signs of genius. Howard decides to initiate Nashs case of schizophrenia from the very outset of Nashs ability to think creatively. Nasar clearly presents Nash as a strong intellectual student who, however asocial, is not insane up through the age of thirty. Howard does arguably port... ...o which John Nashs Game Theory was applicable to the real world. Thus, Howard defines the creative process of John Nash as basically very idealized and, to some extent, mild version of schizophrenia. Although Nash did win the Nobel Prize, Howard overlooks the opinions held by many that the Game Theory didnt, in fact, merit the Nobel Prize. Thus, to Howard, the creative process has very little connection, if any, to any art that is subsequently produced. To Howard, the creative process is a journey to learn knowledge firs thand, pioneering through the mind no matter how grounded in reality. Works CitedCharles, Marilyn. A Beautiful Mind. American Journal of Psychoanalysis. NY, 2003.Myerson, Roger B. Nash Equilibrium and the History of Economic Theory. Journal of Economic Literature, 1999.Nasar, Sylvia. A Beautiful Mind. NY Simon & Schuster, 1999.