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Maya Angelou & Jean-Michel Basquiet: Life Doesn’t Frighten Me At All]

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me At All   Life Doesn’t Frighten Me At All (1993) is a short poem written by Maya Angelou and illustrated by paintings of 1980’s artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is a short, simple but resonant book which blends Maya’s defiant and proud poetry with the raw, simple but lively and raucous child-like paintings of the poster-boy of the New York art-scene who … Continue reading Maya Angelou & Jean-Michel Basquiet: Life Doesn’t Frighten Me At All]

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Profile: James Baldwin

James Baldwin was an essayist, playwright and novelist regarded as a highly insightful, iconic writer with works like The Fire Next Time and Another Country. Synopsis Born on August 2, 1924, in New York City, James Baldwin published the 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, going on to garner acclaim for his insights on race, spirituality and humanity. Other novels included Giovanni’s Room, … Continue reading Profile: James Baldwin

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From Jean-Michel Basquiat to Gil Scott-Heron, Addiction & The Artistic Mind

  Ever since Gil Scott-Heron passed away I’ve been thinking a lot about addiction and the role it plays in the lives of creative people. In Gil Scott-Heron’s case it was crack that was his vice and pulled him from public view for the better part of a decade, but he was not alone in his penchant for escapism. In fact, most artists I know … Continue reading From Jean-Michel Basquiat to Gil Scott-Heron, Addiction & The Artistic Mind

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Profile: Gil Scott-Heron

Considered by many to be the first MC ever, Gil Scott-Heron was a soul and jazz spoken word poet whose work with musician Brian Jackson, notably their 1970s albums Pieces of a Man and Winter in America, inspired the birth of hip hop. Synopsis The soulful, plaintive blues that the late Gil Scott-Heron made his own reflected a man who could recognize his own troubles. … Continue reading Profile: Gil Scott-Heron

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