# Term for this condition - artist

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-this-condition-artist/723240>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 23, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-this-condition-artist/723240 "2015-06-23T14:11:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![sleepyrice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@sleepyrice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleepyrice)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-this-condition-artist/723240/1 "2015-06-23T14:11:14Z")

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I came across a word, or term for when a person picks up a new art form and is highly prolific. There’s an initial phase where they produce a ton of work - an outpouring of everything they had bottled up that the new art (painting, writing, music) has given vent to.

However I can’t find this word to save my life.

The mental giants over at reddit word-smith volunteered such gems as:  
…Diarrhea?  
…Vomiting?

Hoping that someone on this forum can cough up the term and give my obsessive-compulsive mind (and my google-fingers) a much needed rest!

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-this-condition-artist/723240/2 "2015-06-25T07:35:41Z")

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If you want to be nice, they are called Emerging artists in sophisticated talk.

See [Navigating The Three Stages of a Professional Art Career - EmptyEasel.com](http://emptyeasel.com/2011/03/15/navigating-the-three-stages-of-a-professional-art-career/)  
If you didn’t mind borrowing a euphemism… You could say they were going at it hammer and tongs.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-this-condition-artist/723240/3 "2015-06-25T12:27:49Z")

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Prodigal?

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**Author:** ![sidecar\_jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@sidecar\_jon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidecar_jon)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-this-condition-artist/723240/4 "2015-06-25T14:30:32Z")

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inspired

prodigious

churning it out…

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-this-condition-artist/723240/5 "2015-06-25T15:13:12Z")

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Burst out, growth spurt, initial surge