- Building Communities, Building the Field
At NAS, we have seen many examples of what happens when arts and culture works to create positive change in the social, economic and cultural... [read more]AJBlog: Field Notes |
“Some people see things others cannot, and they are right, and we call them creative geniuses. Some people see things others cannot, and they are wrong, and we call them mentally ill.” The Atlantic has anexcellent contribution to the age-old thesis that creativity and madness are inextricably linked–and tied, moreover, to mental illness–based in part on a sample of students at Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Pair with another essay on creativity and the “touch of madness” from our own archives.