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The Genius and the Diva: On Carole King and Aretha Franklin
There are many archetypes for creative genius. Almost all of them involve being lonely in some way. How many creative spirits have been frustrated, trapped, or doomed? It’s part of the job to be misunderstood. Living alone with one’s genius: it’s a special kind of hell. Then there are geniuses who are out there in the Continue reading
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The Tao of the Beatles: “Lady Madonna”
Hail Muse! O ye gods of genius and creativity! Give us a random Beatles song from our randomly chosen random generator… this time we drop an Artemisia stem onto our random Beatles-song selector…and… Oh boy! Our first real Paul song. Oh, I know, we had “The End,” but this is the first full-blown, get out Continue reading
