The tortured artist is a long-lived symbol of what true genius is. Does it hold up? Does it mean that greatness is achieved through pain and suffering? We explore the great minds of history to see if it's true what John Dryden said: "Great wits are sure to madness near allied."
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"All things...daring, loving, tragic, and gregarious": The Life and Loss of Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath's end is remembered as a tragedy.
Today, we explore her life and struggles.
And what it says about mental health and the creative process.
And being earnest and vulnerable about struggle.
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8 Aug 2023
Failure & Obscurity: The Overcoming of Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla has a vital fandom in the modern world, and it's well-earned.
He was a visionary who speaks to us still today.
We lost much when we lost him.
What can we learn from the frustrated life of Tesla?
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1 Aug 2023
If Not For My Art: Beethoven loses hearing but keeps mission
Beethoven is a household name; he's synonymous with musical triumph.
But his success - his lifetime - was not a foregone conclusion.
Beethoven found himself locked in a struggle against the depression brought on by his loss of hearing.
What can we learn from his story?
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25 Jul 2023
Self-Portraits and Ceilings: Frida Kahlo vs. Pain
Frida Kahlo bore her soul in her self-portraits.
From a troubled marriage to a life of immense physical pain, she knew well what it meant that overcoming suffering meant growing stronger.
What can we learn from her story?
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18 Jul 2023
Life breaks everyone: The Life and Loves of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway knew a slew of demons.
And he put that into his art.
What can he teach us about genius and mental health?
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11 Jul 2023
A Beautiful Mind: John Nash's Brilliance and Battlefields
John Nash has become forever linked with the biography title "A Beautiful Mind."
His struggle has been portrayed on page and on screen.
Today, we're digging into his life and his mind to look at what he faced.
And what it can tell us about overcoming the adversity of mental health.
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4 Jul 2023
"We take death to reach a star": the tragedy of Vincent van Gogh
Perhaps the most famous painter of the modern world struggled with disappointment in himself during his own day.
Today, we investigate the life of Vincent van Gogh.
What was the source of his struggle?
What can he teach those of us who struggle today?
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27 Jun 2023
Stream of Consciousness: A Window into Virginia Woolf's Soul
Virginia Woolf invented the literary self.
She brought readers into the mind of her characters and produced a vulnerability in her work that echoes throughout the generations.
Today, we piece together her legacy in view of her own mental health struggles, and what they tell us about genius and mental health.
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20 Jun 2023
Nevermore: Pain, Loss, Addiction & Edgar Allan Poe
You don't have to be a Poe scholar to know the hurt that the author of "The Raven" or "The Fall of the House of Usher" felt.
Stories of bleakness and shadowplay abound in the life of Poe, despite being versatile in several other genres.
What drove this man's life forward?
What shaped him into the brooding figure we oversimplify him to be?
And what do we make of his mysterious death?
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13 Jun 2023
Just Ourselves and Eternity: The Morbid Fascinations of Emily Dickinson
The famed American poet behind such works as "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "A Bird, came down the Walk" was a noted recluse.
What do we make of poet Emily Dickinson?
And what light can her life shed on the relationship between mental health and the creative process?
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7 Jun 2023
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous: The Highs & Lows of Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron was a complicated figure.
And people at the time knew it just as well as we do today.
What do modern day experts make of the poet with his turbulent life?
We're diving deeper into his story in this first episode of Near Allied.
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