Moods and Madness

Wanda Gag (pronounced gog) wrote in her published diaries about "drawing moods." I thought I knew what she was talking about.

She wrote about her drawing moods, a compulsion to draw and draw and draw whatever she was compelled to draw at the given moment. And she was completely given to these moods when she had them.

I thought I also had drawing moods. But lately I've been calling it a madness. There is no doubt in my mind that this is a compulsion. Maybe even a type of addiction. But it is a thing that helps me, a coping mechanism. Does that make it a bad obsession?

The madness.