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Sex, Drugs & Romanticism
Read more: Sex, Drugs & Romanticism“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: Infinite” The Marriage between Heaven and Hell, William Blake, 1793 In 1792, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge came out with their Lyrical Ballads. To many, this particular moment in time marks the beginning of Romanticism, a movement which opposed…
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Expectations and Confrontations: On Taking Risks in Art
Read more: Expectations and Confrontations: On Taking Risks in Art“No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved. No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.” Oscar Wilde 1. FREEDOM Lately I’ve been considering the merits of taking risks in…
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Writer’s Block #41
Read more: Writer’s Block #41The Writer’s Block editorial board is proud to present our summer issue and the last Writer’s Block of this academic year, featuring summery vibes, brand-new talent and an interview with Paul Bond, the singer of Dandelion. Read the issue here.
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Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?
Read more: Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?“Reality is just a crutch for people who can’t handle drugs.” Robin Williams Drugs, or drug culture, are often associated with tie-died t-shirts, the south Americas, the 70’s, rock and punk music, and ultimately, Snoop Dogg. Yet, in between those stereotypical manifestations of the junkie lifestyle, there are deeper, subtler, more complex – that is…
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Diary Fragments II
Read more: Diary Fragments II—For Julz Booth-Jones Truman Capote, author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, described his diary as a ‘hieroglyphic shambles’. He said that when looking back over his old journals he was frequently baffled by entries of which he had no recollection. ‘God knows what “Thunder on Cobra Street” refers to,’ he pondered. I,…
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