Oh yeah having cfs definitely affects the way one creates. There are
probably overall patterns in both the style and content, which could be
interesting to figure out if enough creative people with cfs got together
to discuss it.
But it's not as clearcut as "this work is an entirely new genre created by
and for Deafblind people, and literally doesn't make sense unless you
engage with it as if you were Deafblind." Piranesi *is the *kind of novel
it is as a result of Suzanne Clark's cfs, which certainly had a huge effect
on her life and how creation works for her, but afaict (I will read it...
one day...) it's still just a novel, not some new and unique cfs-specific
storytelling medium, and people without cfs don't have to change how they
engage with fiction to be able to enjoy it.
It's like with communication: It's true, in a sense, that "only people with
cfs can really understand other people with cfs", certainly when it comes
to getting across complicated emotional experiences to do with our fatigue.
But Deafblind people needed to create an entirely new language to even be
able to like... order pizza, or ask what time it is. It's a whole other
level of separate experience and communication methods.
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Oh yeah having cfs definitely affects the way one creates. There are probably overall patterns in both the style and content, which could be interesting to figure out if enough creative people with cfs got together to discuss it.
But it's not as clearcut as "this work is an entirely new genre created by and for Deafblind people, and literally doesn't make sense unless you engage with it as if you were Deafblind." Piranesi *is the *kind of novel it is as a result of Suzanne Clark's cfs, which certainly had a huge effect on her life and how creation works for her, but afaict (I will read it... one day...) it's still just a novel, not some new and unique cfs-specific storytelling medium, and people without cfs don't have to change how they engage with fiction to be able to enjoy it.
It's like with communication: It's true, in a sense, that "only people with cfs can really understand other people with cfs", certainly when it comes to getting across complicated emotional experiences to do with our fatigue. But Deafblind people needed to create an entirely new language to even be able to like... order pizza, or ask what time it is. It's a whole other level of separate experience and communication methods.