BY: GLORIA KOPP There are so many reasons why a person may want to broaden their mind. In fact, it’s harder to think of a reason why not to try and open your mind to explore new things and constantly…
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BY: Adrian Smith It isn’t always easy for writers, especially young, aspiring writers, to be revealing of their thoughts, ideas and emotions within their work. Leonard W., the 17-year-old protégé to essayist Anaïs Nin, struggled with feeling naïve and ashamed…
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BY: ROB HOFFMAN Hunched over a typewriter in a cloud of cigarette smoke and a bottle of Jameson rested at the corner of a cluttered desk. The lifestyle habits of a writer have long been represented in the caricature of…
Are writers destined to be depressed?
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Collective Arts Craft Beer Will Get You Drunk On Art
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Could alcohol abuse and sleep deprivation be the keys to creativity?
BY: PILGRIM For some reason, exceptional creativity seems to gravitate towards the minds of the sleepless and the alcohol-abusive. The question has always been that of the chicken and the egg: did the booze inspire the genius, or did the…