Psyche

Creativity, Madness and Drugs – disinformation

Would we have Poe’s Raven today if the tormented author had taken lithium to suppress his bipolar illness? Not likely, considering the high frequency of psychiatric illnesses among writers and artists, concluded psychiatrist Kay Jamison of Johns Hopkins Medical School speaking last week at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego.

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Eco

A Biomass Mountain Rises

There’s something oddly ominous about the towering smokestacks of nuclear power plants that dot the North American landscape. One designer, Thomas Heatherwick, has something a little less industrious and a little more green in mind for the UK.

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Psyche

Wiccan Priestess Giving Invocation At Iowan House of Rep.

A Wiccan priestess has been invited to give the invocation to the Iowa House of Representatives. On April 9, Deborah Maynard, a member of the People’s Church Unitarian Universalist, will travel to Des Moines to deliver her blessing. According to Maynard, her prayer will make history.

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Arts

Reclaiming Art: An Interview with J.F. Martel

J.F. Martel’s new book, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice: A Treatise, a Critique, and Call to Action (Evolver Editions/North Atlantic Books), is a powerful invocation to return to what is arguably art’s central purpose, “to call us back to the source.”

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