Category Archives: The human condition
CAN CREATIVE WRITING BE TAUGHT? WHAT TO CONSIDER IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT A CREATIVE WRITING DEGREE

CAN CREATIVE WRITING BE TAUGHT? Creative writing can be taught, but it also requires innate curiosity, discipline, and personal exploration….

THIS IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS

René Magritte’s 1929 painting, La Trahison des Images (The Treachery of Images), famously featured the phrase Ceci n’est pas une…

VIRGINIA WOOLF’S ‘A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN’ – THE SYMBOLIC SPACE FOR CREATIVE FREEDOM

Virginia Woolf’s essay, A Room of One’s Own, is often celebrated as a cornerstone of feminist literary criticism, though it…

HEALING THROUGH FICTION – BOOKS THAT HELP WITH TRAUMA

Trauma can leave deep scars, but sometimes, stories have the power to heal. Fiction offers a safe space to explore…

TELLING STORIES

Did you realise that when you read a book there is a recognised therapeutic process going on in your subconscious…

THE YIN AND YANG OF EMOTION AND TRAUMA

Yin and Yang is a concept originating in Chinese philosophy signifying that two opposing characteristics can exist in harmony with…

THE IMPORTANCE OF ART ACCORDING TO KURT VONNEGUT

In 2006, a New York City English teacher named Ms. Lockwood asked her students to write to their favourite author and…

FED UP WITH BEING GOOD? PAINT YOURSELF BAD!

Snow White may be the sweetest of all Disney princesses, but sometimes don’t you just think that nobody can be…

DRAW WHAT YOU FEAR
CHANGE A TRAGEDY

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