March 2011
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“I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I...”
– Arthur Rimbaud
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Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
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Creativity and mental illness
Mental disorders and creativity are often considered to be related, particularly in pop psychology. The association between bipolar disorder and creativity first appeared in literature in the 1970s, but the idea of a link between “madness” and “genius” is much older, dating back at least to the time of Aristotle. The Ancient Greeks believed that creativity came from the gods, and in particular...
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“She was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls, if you hold hands with them,...”
– Holden Caulfield - The Catcher In The Rye (via jcwasazombie)
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“I like people too much or not at all.”
– Sylvia Plath
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“How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to...”
– Jostein Gaarder, The Solitaire Mystery
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Sufjan Stevens - Futile devices
And when I sleep...
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“You’ve got a bad case of being over there. The only cure is being over here.”
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