Exhaustion from living on the road, creative differences, substance abuse and the intense pressure we put on ourselves all combined to drive us apart as friends and as musicians.
"When your child comes to you and says, 'But everyone is doing it,' you need to understand that everybody's not, and your kids can help themselves by understanding that," says Karen Khaleghi, the co-founder of Creative Care Malibu, a substance abuse treatment facility, As a parent of four, I can tell you I've heard that argument many, many times.
Even the categories of this year's four "two-reelers" appear calculated for Oscar recognition: a school shooter, a deaf child, a religious conflict in Kenya, and the lynching of Emmett Till — all worthy subjects for movies, but when they're treated briskly in such brief and slick movies, the show of worthiness takes precedence over both substance and creative originality.
Recapitulating the issue in his own voice in 1845, Bauer identified a tension in Hegel's thought between Spinoza and Fichte, between inert, undifferentiated substance and creative form.
Such a tension brings us back to Wallace's creative project: image versus substance yet again.
It found that the substances did facilitate creative problem-solving and continued to do so for weeks after the sessions.
While his reputation rests on his novels, Roa Bastos' achievements in film, creative writing, and journalism add further substance to his legacy.
She is his Shakti, or creative power, and is seen as the substance behind the entire content of all consciousness.
"The Sobriety Collective is special because it caters to creatives who are in recovery from substance use disorder, mental illness, or both," said Silverman.
Herrick collaborated with Howard Rusk, one of the founders of rehabilitation medicine, to provide concrete substance to the concept that creative engagement can be essential to physical and emotional healing.
