Allen Ginsberg dancing (1969). Columbus Metropolitan Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons June 12, 2024 Does mental illness beget great poetry? These 4 poets exposed the sickness of a society that sought to contain them George Mouratidis, The University of Melbourne Poets take us outside ourselves. In their transmission of atypical experiences, they teach us empathy and compassion.
Anita Francis, ‘The Complete Works of Shakespeare,’ book sculpture, 2014. By permission of the artist. Anita Francis November 21, 2016 How ‘cutting up’ Shakespeare’s plays can be an act of creative destruction Bruce Smith, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences For over four centuries, Shakespeare’s plays have been picked apart and reimagined.
Does the movement of art diminish its cult status? Laurence OP/Flickr September 9, 2014 Get it while you can: art that moves, art that stays still Siobhan Lyons, Macquarie University Among the millions of works of art that are being transported around the world, one that is currently doing its promotional tour is Jack Kerouac’s famous manuscript for On the Road, written entirely on…