#tive spirals

[snixx]

im starting to believe having ocd, adhd AND ptsd is the actual devil manifesting itself because your intrusive thoughts very well could be real repressed trauma and also you don't have the emotional stability and control over your impulsivity to make sure they don't start affecting your perception of the world or that you don't act on them and please just get me out of here

[looney-lei]

Lessons for the Milky and the Dance-less

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‘This is.. entirely too much’ Almond thought, as he gazed at the grand-scale gala event in front of him.

Spiraling white columns that reached towards a sugar glass roof, a polished floor with star patterns, windows that opened up to a whimsical winter wonderland cityscape, embellished by the streetlights and the snow that fell on the pointy roofs, and representations of the celestial custodian of wizards carved on the walls. Every cookie there was formerly dressed, the members of the M.E.H. sported their shiniest coats, while the magicians wore their best hats. He wasn’t different, wearing a lustrous black coat above his pristine white uniform, with a formal hat to match, all of them with golden accents. He had to look his best, because after all..

This was all for him.

Usually, promotions in the M.E.H. Department weren’t that big of a deal, a new badge, people clapping and having some coffee before a new case that merits more attention breaks out and the celebrations have to be cut short. A celebration such as this was practically unheard of, but after his years of service, alongside his involvement in the Beacons of Unity event a few years ago, the Council of Magic decided to make his promotion a special occasion as a way to honor him, going as far as hosting it in the same location where new magicians graduated. Of course, most of his thoughts were set on what Magic mishaps could be going in Parfaedia while he was stuck there. Sure, with the years the department had employed more cookies that helped him be less overworked, however, the magic cases had also gone up with time. For now, all he could do was to try his best to enjoy the ceremony and not dwell too much on it.

’That would be difficult.’

He turned his gaze towards his daughter, who was happily chatting with his colleagues by a corner. Or well, their colleagues, Walnut had joined the M.E.H. as an intern to try to follow his footsteps. He smiled, and decided not to interrupt them, but something caught his attention, among the cookies there was one he was familiar with, Creampuff. Her graduation wasn’t that long ago, but she already was finding herself in the front pages of newspapers because of her innovative research of different combinations for magic styles, under the tutelage of.. Latte.

He spotted the cookie uncharacteristically by herself, seemingly distracted by the musicians, as she bit her thumb with a furrowed brow. Wearing an off the shoulder, cream colored gown with rich brown details, alongside her trusty hat, she looked elegant, yet her posture was a bit slouched and she seemed to be tapping her foot.

Curious by this, he approached his friend. Years ago they had been something closer to rivals, but as time passed they had come to enjoy each other's presence. quite a lot actually. Whenever they found themselves together he couldn’t help but feel at ease, regardless of whatever magical accident had happened nearby, even if it came from her. He supposed it could’ve been her careless smile, or how he had grown used to her insistence on sweetening his coffee with milk.

Friends, they’re friends. No need to ponder on that.

“Nice to see you here, Ms. Latte”

“Ah!” — Latte Cookie jumped slightly, before quickly giving him a smile, albeit a slightly forced one — “Well, if it isn't the cookie of the hour, Detective Almond.” — She tilted her head slightly — “Or should I call you Commissioner Almond?”

The honorific still felt a bit too heavy for him, specially coming from her.

“ Ahem, No, just call me the same as before.”

“Fine then, De~tec~tive” — She overemphasized each syllable jokingly, causing him to feel a bit of warmth on his face.

“Uh, right. Anyways, just a second ago I saw you looking oddly nervous, is there anything going on?” — He then realized he was using his detective voice and he softly continued — “.. as in, are you alright?”.

Latte stared for a second and quickly smiled again, although Almond could tell it was less confident than usual.

“No worries! I was just focusing on the music.” She leaned forward and pointed at his chest. “What you should do is relax and enjoy your special day detective, instead of accusing mages of suspicious behavior”. — Her smile became a bit more sly — “None of us will cause an accident.”

He blushed a bit and cleared his throat.

“Right, I apologize”

Latte leaned back, content with her little victory.

“No worries! Either way, you probably should go towards the council members over there, I think it’s time for your official promotion.”

“Indeed, let’s get this over with.”

“Come on, don’t be so grumpy, aren’t you excited in the least?”

“It’s hard to be when usually any announcement gets interrupted by some emergency.”

Latte sighed, patting Almond’s back.

“Gee, you can be such a party pooper at times”

“I know.” He said, a smiling growing in his face “you’ve told me.”

——————-

After the announcement, the clapping, and the new, shinier badge, Almond went back to absentmindedly walking around the Gala. Besides every so often being stopped by cookies wanting to say their congratulations, he still felt mostly indifferent if not slightly annoyed at the occasion. This feeling became more prevalent after they announced a dance. At this point the event felt less like a promotion and more like a Ball. ‘Did they really intend to honor my work in the beacon accident.. or did they just meant to show off their influence?’. He sighed at his conclusion, but it also made him consider. I guess this is a show of power and influence for the M.E.H department, and it could discourage possible magic attacks through intimidation.. but to do so like this is..’

“Mr. Almond..?“

A soft voice broke him out of his thoughts, and he turned to see Creampuff standing there with a shy smile. He immediately smiled back at the girl, recalling how happy they were at her graduation. — “Congratulations on your new position as commissioner.”

“Ah, thank you. It’s good to see you Miss Creampuff, it’s been a while. I heard you’ve made a name for yourself.”

“Ah, well, the newspapers do exaggerate it a teensy bit… it’s nice to see you again.” — She crossed her arms. — “By the way, have you seen Ms. Latte?”

“I saw her before the announcement, standing near the musicians, did anything happen..?”

Creampuff waved her hands — “O-oh! No, not all, it’s just.. I just wanted to ask her something.” She laughed it off nervously.

In Almond’s mind, it was clear that something was up, but he played it off to not alert the already nervous Creampuff.

“Right, I’ll tell you if I spot her.” — With the pleasantries over, Almond was about to excuse himself until Creampuff spoke again. — “Do you.. know how to dance?”

The question caught him off guard; and he could tell Creampuff also immediately regretted saying it out loud.

“I’m sorry, I misspo—“

“Only the basics, and I haven’t in quite some time.” He turned towards her. “Why do you ask, kid?”

“Nothing, nothing! It’s just that.. this whole ball dance thing didn’t seem like it fit you.. sir.”.

Almond couldn’t help but chuckle a bit. “You’d be right about that Miss Creampuff”. He looked towards the side and something caught his eye on one of the balconies. “If you’d excuse me, I need to check something out.”.

After their little chat, Almond headed towards the snow-covered balcony, suspicious of the type of cookie that would go out to take a breather in such bad weather.

——————-

Softly opening the sugar glass door, Almond attempted to sneak upon however was there, only to stop at the realization of who this was. A cookie that seemed to be mimicking a dance, although an awkward one, with a floating spoon as her partner, slightly shivering from the cold.

“Miss Latte..?”

The cookie let out a small gasp as the spoon gravitated quickly towards her hand, only for her grasp to soften when their eyes met.

“Ah, you found me, great.”

Perhaps a few years ago he would’ve immediately tried to detain her and question the secrecy of the magic usage when standing next to other magicians. However, as the years hardened his resolve, so did his heart soften whenever he found himself in her presence. He merely sighed, and walked towards the cookie, leaning towards the rail and taking in a huge breath of the cold air. “I do admire your ability to withstand this cold for the sake of..” he trailed off, chuckling to himself a bit. “A dance with your staff..?”

“Don’t laugh!” She scoffed as she lowered her staff and crossed her arms. “I was..” she clenched her jaw. It wasn’t a nervous gesture, but an annoyed one.

“You were…” continued Almond.

“Fine, I might as well tell you at this point” — She grumbled a bit and sighed, before looking at his eyes “I don’t know how to dance, so I was practicing with my staff.”

“…”

“…”

“…That’s it..?”

“R-Right, I had meant to ask someone to dance but I couldn’t manage to get the time to properly learn due to grading all my students' work and..” She paused as Almond put his coat on her shoulders, not realizing he had been this close. “It’s cold” he murmured “And why would you need to know how to dance now either way?”. She looked to the side, her cheeks flushing slightly. “Mages don’t often reveal their secrets, Detective.”

“Hah, I know that all too well.” He sighed, and a thought formed in his head. Scratching the back of his head, he leaned on the railing. “I could teach you.”

“What?”

“To dance, it’s been years since I’ve done so, but the basics are hard to forget.”

She looked at him with even more bewilderment before breaking into laughter. “I’m sorry I’m sorry, out of all cookies you knowing how to dance is..”

“Out of character?”

“You could say so, but..” she turned and made a little bow towards him. “It’s better than nothing.”

Almond hummed in thought “First of all, straighten your back for me.”

He slid one hand on her waist and interlocked fingers with the other one. “It’s been years since I’ve done this so I’m sorry if I’m a little.. rusty”

“You say that as if I had a way to tell” she sighed.

“Right, put your face on my shoulder, and..”

He could smell the fragrance of the drink she was named after, and being so close to her made his cheeks flush a bit, as he tried to push away any thoughts aside from the dance lessons from his past.

“..and?” Latte’s rich brown eyes reflected his dull ones.

“.. and I’ll be the lead, follow my footsteps.” He half-smiled, and began to move towards the side, as the orchestra inside of the building started to play their instruments. “One-two-three, one-two-three..” he muttered to himself, trying to keep their movements consistent with the tempo. But it’s only so she can understand it easier.

“I didn’t know you had the capacity to have other talents aside from detective work” Latte chimed in, almost in a whisper.

A little twirl and then it was back to one-two-three, one-two-three

“Gee, I’m glad you think so highly of me.. I don’t have much time to pursue any other hobby, to be fair.”

She almost unintentionally stepped on his foot, but he managed to fix the position before.

“Right, well, the M.E.H has been getting more cookies right? That must mean that your workload could be more manageable.”

Forwards, backwards, sidestep, sidestep, forwards, backwards, sidestep, sidestep..

“As the new Commissioner, it would be a disservice to my colleagues if I don’t do as much as possible to help”

A little twirl, better than the first, she was also more relaxed.

“If you ever do need help with a magic-related case, at least you know you can rely on me ..as long as it’s not during the Institute’s midterm season.”

For such a bitingly cold night, his face felt pretty warm.

“Seems like I’m not the only one with a busy schedule, Professor”

She seemed to get it now, but something kept him from letting go, was the music still going?

“Indeed.. but even outside of any case, if you ever found yourself with time to spare, I’d love to have a cup of Latte with you.”

Their noses were almost touching, something neither of them seemed to realize until she finished speaking. He felt his heart racing at that moment, but he still didn’t want to let go.

“I..” he began, as he started to get even closer, before a noise made both of them jump. Recognizing it, Almond grabbed a Walkie-talkie from his pocket.

——————-

“So Miss Latte, did you manage to..”

“Yep! Although not in the way I quite intended to.”

Creampuff trailed behind her mentor as they headed home since the celebration had been postponed by a M.E.H emergency. A shame they didn’t want any wizards to help.

“I.. wanted to be the one who asked him to dance, although.. ehem, either way I feel like I’ll be meeting him again soon.”

“Oh? Did you guys plan something..?”

“Not exactly.” Latte smiled slyly, as she adjusted something over her shoulders. “But he did forget his coat”.

[nikahar]

your muse's music taste / favorite albums / favorite way to listen to music / if they have a physical collection of cds or records / do they associate certain songs with events, people, etc.

"Meu gosto musical é uma mistura eclética. Outra forma de calar um pouco as vozes são as músicas, mas nem sempre funciona, e nem todas conseguem. Eu tenho uma paixão por música alternativa e indie, especialmente bandas que têm letras sombrias e introspectivas. Um dos meus álbuns favoritos é 'The Downward Spiral' do Nine Inch Nails. Também gosto muito de 'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea' do Neutral Milk Hotel; as letras poéticas e o som nostálgico sempre me tocam de alguma forma. Eu prefiro ouvir música com fones de ouvido no último volume, me isolando do mundo ao meu redor. Não tenho nenhum CD ou vinil, porque vivia viajando com meu pai e minha avó e precisava sempre carregar poucas coisas comigo. Músicas que eu associo a um evento marcante? Não exatamente uma situação em específico, mas tem 'Hurt', do Nine Inch Nails, que me lembra de momentos mais difíceis. Ou 'King of Carrot Flowers', do Neutral Milk Hotel, que me traz uma sensação de saudade e reflexão. A música é uma forma de calar as vozes, e também de processar minhas emoções e reviver memórias, boas e ruins."

ooc: gente eu não conheço nenhuma dessas bandas kkkkkk eu tive que pesquisar no google e ler comentários das pessoas sobre as músicas ou álbums para poder definir uma opinião para a Nika. então se tiver alguma bobagem, a culpa é da internet.

[badlucksav]

Hey Sav!! Got some questions!!

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Hiya! Thanks for the ask.

21. Most memorable comment/review

Gosh, you guys all leave such wonderful comments and I love them all. I stash them, like tiny bits of shiny things in my crow brain. Here’s a few that I really, really loved.

From Black Bird in A Blizzard: “This was an absolutely beautiful fic. I don’t usually re-read fics, but this is unquestionably going on the list of exceptions for that. It’s been a while since I’ve read a fic where the characters just felt so real! Abso-tively, Posi-lutely love this fic!”

From Black Bird in A Blizzard: “Zuko really ended up livin the life I want most. A humble, meaningful existence with a girl that adores and cares for him as much as he does for her. Probably the most underrated fic tbh of Zutara on this site. Easily in my top 10. Loved it.”

From The Fire & the Flood: “This fic is criminally underrated. I’m not the biggest dan of modern AUs usually but this??? Every single action is so sweet, the way Katara and Zuko are dancing around each other <3 every little touch or glance sent the other’s way has both of them spiraling. The whole thing is just so cute and the really short paragraphs make the whole thing so easy to read (if that makes sense).”

From The Fire & the Flood: “I, too, Zuko am both excited and terrified. I really love this story. The way you write the characters and the conflict is just so REAL and it constantly leaves me impressed and moved and wanting more. Your writing in this story is truly beautiful!”

23. This was answered here.

24. This was answered here.

Send me asks!

[blooming-dentest]

Send 🎶 and I’ll make a starter || @divine-knight​

"Why knot... tell me soemthing pos-tive that’s goign on for u right now?” It most likely won’t fix the problem. He knew that. Yet he also knew how focusing on the positives was far better. Staying focused on the negatives... it would cause one to spiral further down the rabbit hole of pain. The positives, however, helped prevent that. Even for a second; it prevented it.

And that was clearly something she had to do.

“How abuot you tell m e something nice that hapened? Or something... cute that u saw?”

[sakrum1]

Andromedagalaxie

Vorschlag für Dienstag, 6. Oktober 2020: Andromedagalaxie Die Andromeda­galaxie, auch Andro­meda­nebel oder Großer Andro­meda-Nebel, ist die der Milch­straße nächst­gelegene Spiral­galaxie, rund 2,5 Millio­nen Licht­jahre ent­fernt. Sie befin­det sich im namens­geben­den Stern­bild Andro­meda und ist das ent­fern­teste Objekt, das unter guten Bedin­gungen ohne tech­nische Hilfs­mittel mit bloßem Auge beo­bach­tet werden kann. Die Andro­meda­galaxie ähnelt der Milch­straße. Beide Galaxien beher­ber­gen die gleichen Arten von astro­nomi­schen Objek­ten, aus der „äuße­ren“ Per­spek­tive der Milch­straße besteht jedoch eine bessere Sicht auf die Struk­tur der Galaxie. Die Galaxie weist im Zen­trum ein masse­reiches Schwar­zes Loch von etwa 100 Millio­nen Sonnen­mas­sen auf, Spiral­arme erstrecken sich davon bis zu einer Distanz von rund 80.000 Licht­jahren, ihr Halo dehnt sich über eine Million Licht­jahre aus. – Zum Artikel … Wikidata-Kurzbeschreibung für Andromedagalaxie: Astronomie: Spiralgalaxie vom Typ Sb (Bearbeiten)

[lecirquedesreviews]

#67 - Mil Vezes Adeus

O novo romance de John Green chegou às prateleiras portuguesas no dia 10 de novembro, mas tive direito a tê-lo nas mãos primeiro que os comuns mortais por razões de trabalho. A capa horrorosa e o título abismal (já lá vamos) deixam-nos logo de pé atrás e, francamente, a sinopse fazia a história soar a sob story. Quanto a isso, I stand corrected: no final de contas, achei a história de Aza super pertinente, um abre-olhos em relação à temática da doença mental e uma pequena janela para a mente de pessoas com esse tipo de problemas. Senti que, apesar de, infelizmente, estas situações serem cada vez mais comuns e, por essa razão, eu me achar bastante familiarizada com elas, a verdade é que ler sobre como Aza navega pela sua vida, o que sente, o que pensa e, acima de tudo, como pensa, fez-me compreender melhor o impacto das doenças mentais na vida de alguém - especialmente alguém tão jovem. Nesse sentido, acho que Mil Vezes Adeus (urghh!!!!) vai acabar por se tornar um clássico moderno, e espero que venha a ajudar muita gente a sentir-se menos sozinha e desamparada. Afinal, há sempre alguém por aí com o mesmo problema que nós, e acho que, em parte, este livro passa-nos esse conforto. Quanto ao resto: o título foi uma escolha horrorosa por parte da editora, e a justificação para o mesmo é metafórica e rebuscada, e não agrada. Enquanto, em inglês, Turtles All The Way Down explica muita coisa e fica no ouvido, Mil Vezes Adeus não só faz lembrar um daqueles romances de cordel, como a única referência (kind of...) que temos a ele é nas últimas palavras do livro. Like I said, a sinopse não me agradou particularmente mas, lidas as coisas, surpreendeu-me. Contudo, ficamos com a ideia de que esta é uma história de adolescentes detetives, e isso não pode estar mais longe da verdade. O arco "Aza vai em busca de um milionário desaparecido" não é bem assim, e fez-me sentir que, se John Green  não o tivesse incluído na história, esta passar-se-ia da mesma maneira e acabaria da mesma forma. Todo o arco se desenrola de forma meio infantil, meio fantasiosa, e a conclusão é aleatória. Torna-se beside the point, e acaba por servir apenas para tapar os buracos que a história principal vai deixando. Por outro lado, John Green é um escritor muito consistente no seu estilo, e aqui vemos mais daquilo a que nos habituou e adoramos. Infelizmente, li este livro em português, o que me estragou bastante a experiência, já que as más traduções (e, muitas vezes, as traduções no geral) não permitem que tiremos do texto a sua verdadeira essência. Muitas vezes, dei por mim a recitar linhas e linhas para mim mesma em inglês, a traduzi-las automaticamente, para me conseguir relacionar e para que o texto me dissesse alguma coisa, o que é bastante triste. Em relação ao final, não foi o que esperava. Um pouco confuso, um pouco mau, mas de alguma forma real, de alguma forma exatamente aquilo que devia ser. Tal como as "espirais de pensamento" de Aza, podemos sempre vê-lo de duas formas: olhando bem fundo ou para o topo. A escolha é nossa. “Spirals grow infinitely small the farther you follow them inward, but they also grow infinitely large the farther you follow them out.”

[xxene]

tagged by the lovely @trintownsentill! ages ago!! as usual i procrastinate on every little thing ahahskhgfk (under read more)

Zodiac Sign? - leo

Which of the 7 Deadly Sins fits you best? - sloth for sure... I haven’t left the house in days,

When picking a brownie, do you pick the middle, side, or corner piece? - corner! or the sides if some other asshole one else has already picked the corner piece

When it comes to sound, which is prettier: Violin or Piano? - violin... but both sound super lovely if played well...

List your OTP’s here, as many as you can think of! - //sweats nervously UH look i have a taglist if you wanna peruse that for the complete list but i basically live for rivalry otps (sou//koku and taka//mui are The Best Ones)

What colour lightsaber would you have? - im not a big fan of this franchise so i have no goddamn idea

What is your aesthetic? - the moon!! surrounded by stars in the night sky! blue skies! blue anything!!

Hogwarts house? - ravenclaw

Which one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse do you think you could totally be/want to be? - death seems like the easiest one... conquest and war is too much effort and famine would be suffering; at least death can be quick and painless right

Aliens or ghosts? - aliens yo

If you could live in any past era, what one would it be? - creation era when Everything Was Good, before adam and eve fucked it up

Would you ever swim with sharks? - i can’t swim full stop.

What’s your favourite word? - “cobettes.” in year 5 i told my friend “i like corn cobettes” and she thought i said “i like going to betts” and that’s really stuck with me

Favourite band? - SPYAIR as per usual

Have you ever wondered, even for a moment, what another human tastes like?  - well now i have

Fire or ice? - ice

Light or dark? - well that depends... do i prefer light rooms to dark rooms? yes. do i prefer light orange to dark orange? hell no

What’s your favourite romantic trope? - mutual “unrequited” pining will always stab me in the heart

What’s your favourite quote of all time? - "If you have time to think of a beautiful end, then just live beautifully until the end.”

What’s your favourite holiday? - easter... bc unlike christmas, you don’t really spend on anything in easter. just decorate some eggs and go

Who or what are you most loyal to? - am i loyal though

What’s your favourite flower? - i’ve always loved irises ever since i read spiral lmao

Favourite amusement park ride? - t... the thing that spins super fast... like teacups but more intense

Favourite board game? - i really like reversi! i grew up playing that shit on my old nokia phone

What’s your favourite meme? - the breadsticks meme was beautiful... and tuesday again? no problem

Favourite ice cream flavor? - cookies and cream!

Disney character you are going to FIGHT: - does this count shows just airing on disney channel? bc i would totally fight dr doofenshmirtz. i could win that one.

Last book you read/book you are currently reading: - i just started rereading kekkai//shi a few days ago... my childhood...

What characters are your “children,” so to speak? - the ones that deserve more happiness

Favorite comic series? - gin//tama will always be my jam. and i guess de//tec/tive co/nan as well, mostly bc i’ve been reading it for half of my life bro

Favorite Tim Burton movie? - yea i gotta say the nightmare before christmas for this one

What character, and it can only be one character, do you ship yourself with? - i have a higher tendency of shipping them with other characters but. i started mysmes last week and zen stole my heart and tossed it into a cage of lions

tagging @claisychainss / @ghoul-butts / @paako-chan / but it’s kind of a long one so, only if you want to! <:

[jamesabrasil]

Matéria do The Yorkshite Post

O álbum, cujo título ainda está em segredo, foi precedido por dois singles que sinalizam uma mudança na direção musical de baladas como Say You Wn't Let Go, pela qual é mais conhecida, em direção a uma mistura de rock mais baseada na guitarra, trap, hip-hop e pop.

Falando no Zoom, o cantor de 33 anos diz que a honestidade crua da faixa principal Medicine - que inclui as falas: "When I'm suicidal / Don't Let Me Spiral" - é representativa da maneira como ele tem se sentido desde o início do ano passado.

“Eu sempre tento fazer minha música o mais autobiográfica e honesta que posso. Eu também quero fazer música que ajude as pessoas ou que seja para o sustento de outras pessoas, se você quiser, então sim, eu acho que (Medicine) tinha todos esses ingredientes e suponho que estou sempre me esforçando para isso, para dizer algo real que as pessoas possam se identificar e também colocar um pouco de mim nisso.”

Pouco antes de a pandemia começar, Arthur sofreu um ataque de pânico enquanto se apresentava no palco em Madri. No dia seguinte, na Suíça, ele foi diagnosticado com uma infecção na vesícula biliar.

O incidente foi um forte alerta sobre o estado de sua saúde física e mental, diz ele. “Achei que estava lidando bem com isso, mas acho que, como muitas pessoas, não percebemos o quanto estamos estressados até que nossos corpos ou nossas mentes nos digam. No final das contas você fica doente e foi isso que aconteceu comigo. Foi um momento difícil, mas consegui chegar ao outro lado e crescer a partir dessa situação. ”

Quando voltou para casa, Arthur foi medicado e começou a praticar terapia cognitivo-comportamental. Ao relembrar a década passada, desde que foi projetado para o estrelato por meio do programa de talentos da TV X Factor, ele reconhece que havia problemas de longa data que ele precisava resolver.

“Não escondi o fato de que sou alguém que luta contra a ansiedade social, a depressão e os problemas de saúde mental”, diz ele. “Acho que aquele episódio em particular foi o catalisador. Tenho trabalhado desde então com terapia cognitivo-comportamental e várias outras coisas.

“Há muitas coisas que preciso fazer para permanecer no caminho certo, e eu aceito isso e estou fazendo o meu melhor.”

Enquanto crescia em lugares como Redcar, Brotton e Saltburn, ele mascarou seu lado vulnerável. “Eu certamente sinto que há uma cultura nessa área - e provavelmente em muitas áreas na Inglaterra - de machismo”, diz ele. “É uma área bastante carente e os caras são muito grosseiros e, falando sobre seus sentimentos, definitivamente tinha muito mais estigma ligado a isso do que agora.

“Definitivamente, não me sentia confortável falando sobre questões de saúde mental. Eu internalizei muitas coisas, provavelmente devido à cultura e à atitude da classe trabalhadora por lá. As pessoas sempre foram como o tipo de coisa "resolva-se, mantenha o queixo erguido". Não há realmente muito mais lá, a menos que você procure ajuda profissional. ”

Depois de vencer o X Factor em 2012, o início da carreira de Arthur teve controvérsias e confrontos com sua gravadora, a Syco. O cantor diz que inicialmente teve receio de buscar apoio, mas descobriu que ele estava lá dentro da indústria quando ele o pediu.

“Não sei sobre as experiências de outras pessoas na indústria, mas acho que realmente começa comigo”, diz ele. “Há pessoas ao meu redor que não suspeitariam que eu estava passando por alguma coisa. Vindo do tipo de área que faço, e da educação que tive, fiquei muito bom em brincar que estava tudo bem. Assim que falei, o apoio estava lá, certamente da minha equipe ao meu redor, minha gravadora e coisas assim. ”

Arthur sente que o descanso forçado durante o lockdown lhe deu “uma oportunidade de refletir” sobre sua vida e carreira. “Eu estive no meio disso durante a maior parte dos últimos 10 anos, constantemente indo e vindo. Não sou de sentar e fazer um balanço ou realmente refletir muito, e é claro que fomos forçados a fazer isso. Todos nós tínhamos um espelho erguido para nós como sociedade e tínhamos que descobrir as coisas. Não havia muito mais o que fazer. Mesmo que houvesse muita incerteza acontecendo, foi um período de tempo muito útil para mim. ”

Depois de alguns meses relaxando jogando videogame de futebol, ele decidiu montar um estúdio em casa. Em dois meses, ele havia escrito 50 canções. “Era como se essa energia criativa reprimida existisse”, diz ele. “Assim que entrei em uma sala com um produtor, as músicas começaram a sair. Medicina, na verdade, foi a primeira música.

“Eu não escrevia muito há alguns meses e achei que era hora de me recompor. Eu tinha todo esse tempo, então achei melhor tentar fazer um álbum. ”

A composição de canções tornou-se uma forma adicional de terapia, ele diz, acrescentando: “Eu estava fazendo uma terapia de fala, mas na verdade me fez perceber o quão importante a música é para mim, porque quando comecei a fazer isso, certamente parecia muito terapêutico. Na verdade, estou apenas documentando muito do que estava passando naquele álbum. ”

Ele sente que desenvolveu mais um artista através do processo de auto-exame. “Eu realmente posso ouvir o crescimento desse álbum”, diz ele. “É definitivamente muito mais coerente do que outros álbuns em termos de som. À medida que envelheci e cresci como pessoa, acho que as composições melhoraram enormemente. ”

Os ouvintes terão um novo sabor do novo material com o single September, que será lançado no dia 11 de junho. “É mais um daqueles (como) Say You Wn't Let Go, que era uma música que falava sobre começar uma família e romantizar sobre esses tipos das coisas, ter filhos e ser casado que não é onde estou, mas estou criando uma história para alimentar outras pessoas. É um pouco como uma história de amor que, novamente, é tirada de parte da minha vida, mas parte dela é ficção, inventada para o ouvinte. ”

O álbum, que deve ser lançado em setembro, vai, ele espera, abalar os preconceitos das pessoas sobre ele como um baladeiro. “Depois que você é colocado em uma caixa, é muito difícil sair dela, especialmente na indústria da música”, diz ele. “Qualquer um que seja um verdadeiro fã de mim ou venha a um dos meus shows sabe que há muitos estilos diferentes ... mas quando você tem um sucesso global que é uma balada acústica, parece que estive na sombra de isso por um tempo. As estações de rádio não podem adicionar uma música como Medicine (às suas playlists) ou mesmo uma música como September, que é um pouco mais rock, um pouco mais baseada em guitarra elétrica, um sentimento de banda, que é onde está meu coração - Eu vim de estar em bandas de rock. E fazendo um pouco de rap.

“A menos que eu esteja fazendo a canção acústica de amor, é difícil fazer a indústria aderir. Acho que para mim o desafio é fazer as transições estilisticamente, mas manter a essência das coisas que as pessoas gostam. Na verdade, acho que setembro atingiu esse equilíbrio muito bem. ”

Arthur pretende tocar em alguns festivais neste verão, com uma turnê pelo Reino Unido planejada para 2022. Considerando tudo o que ele passou no último ano e meio, ele diz que “definitivamente” vai gostar mais de fazer turnês. “Ter a oportunidade de aprimorar minhas habilidades como produtor, músico e escritor me deixa mais animado para sair na estrada”, diz ele. “Estou um pouco mais familiarizado com o lado técnico das coisas, coisas com as quais talvez tenha lutado antes em turnê. Eu estava ensaiando na outra semana e pensei, ‘Podemos tentar uma pista diferente?’ Porque eu sei sobre essas coisas agora. Foi um ano difícil para muitas pessoas e para mim, mas também aprendi muito e adquiri muitas habilidades que posso levar comigo em minha carreira agora. ”

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One of the kindest, sweetest, most caring young boys from the band One Direction. Quickly later on, some of the fans who were camping took to social networks to reveal that Niall had sent his bodyguard, Basil Whelan, to the location to make sure that everyone was fine and to buy them cakes and hot beverages from a close-by cafe. In a self-deprecating interview with The Guardian, the vocalist talked about the solo efforts of his former band-mates-- Zayn Malik and Harry Styles both released albums that debuted at No1, Liam Payne and Niall Horan both dropped songs that cracked the Hot 100-- and made it clear his case was much different. Meu pai não me deixa fazer nada resumidamente, uso óculos, odeio maquiagem, não acho graça nisso, meu cabelo é liso, todos dizem que meu cabelo é lindo, mas eu acho uma bosta, eu só deixo ele preso, ele arma as vezes, e isso é a bosta dele, eu odeio isso, na escola não sou popular, não sei se já citei mas ... enfim. Niall sempre ligava me convidando, pra sairmos, ficamos nisso durante duas semanas, eu sabia que amava e sentia que ele me amava támbem, foi como amor a primeira vista, quando nos esbarramos no nando's, eu não acreditava nisso, mais quando conheçe niall, eu tive certeza que era verdadeiro tudo aquilo que as pessoas diziam sobre amor, eu queria ter ele do meu lado, queria que ele me pedisse logo design em namoro. If bond financiers start to lose confidence in a nation's ultimate determination to run even the little primary surpluses had to service a large financial obligation, they'll demand greater rates, which needs much larger main surpluses, and you can go into a death spiral. Although 1D are known for taking the abuse from paps in their stride, the cameramen crossed the line when they started being rude to fans in order to get a much better image of the young boys, with it being believed that they turned nasty when a fan moved forward to take a selfie with the singer.

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Mentored by a Madman- a historical note published in Archivos de neuropsychiatria by Francisco Cardoso. June 2017.

 Andrew Lees, a visionary mentored by a madman Andrew Lees, um visionário orientado por um louco Francisco Cardoso1 ABSTRACT Andrew Lees, Professor of Neurology at the National Hospital Queen Square (London, UK), has been recognized as the world’s most highly-cited researcher over the 200-year history of Parkinson’s Disease. Although he remains actively involved in the investigation of movement disorders, Prof. Lees embarked on a literary career that started in 2011 with the publication of a social history of his native Liverpool. His last work is Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment, which is reviewed here. Keywords: Andrew Lees; William Burroughs; Gerald Stern; William Gooddy; Marcel Proust. 

There are descriptions consistent with Parkinson’s disease (PD) dating back many millennia. However, there is consensus that An Essay on the Shaking Palsy by James Parkinson in 1817 marks the recognition of PD as a distinct entity1. Andrew Lees (Figure 1) has been recognized as the world’s most highly-cited researcher, over the history of PD. Lately, he embarked on a literary career and his last work in this area is Mentored by a Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment. It is a memoir, with the author describing not only how he came of age as a physician and investigator, but also the history of some of his most important scienti c contributions.  e  rst-hand elegant account of landmark discoveries in the  eld is invaluable. e title of Lees book is provocative and the reader becomes intrigued as to how William Burroughs (1914-1997) (Figure 2), a destructive outcast who entertained very corrosive views of physicians3, could possibly have mentored a highly-acclaimed  gure of the medical establishment. Nevertheless, Lees associates many events of his formative years and career as an investigator to Burroughs. One should bear in mind that Lees attended medical school in the 1960s when the Beat Generation authors were almost mandatory reading. Paradoxically, Lees implies that, when gripped by  the temptation to quit medical school, he found solace in the depiction of doctors by Burroughs, particularly the abject Doc Benway.  e introduction of apomorphine as a treatment for PD is also related to Burroughs, who himself underwent apomorphine treatment for his heroin addiction2,3. He was per- suaded not to run a clinical trial of LSD in PD, after reading Burroughs’ comments considering it dangerous because of the unpredictable nature of its e ects. Lees’ experiences of self-experimentation with anti-parkinsonian agents are also paralleled to Burroughs’ extensive drug use.  The most amusing of them is his intake of deprenyl, which changed his behaviour in a manner that led his wife to ask him to remain on it inde nitely (the reader is left unaware if he complied with her request). Overall, the imputed intersections between Lees’ career and Burroughs’ works seem less convincing of a genuine mentorship and more suggestive of coincidence or, as both would certainly prefer, synchronicity.  ese allu- sions are indicative of the unconventional nature of Lees and a reiteration of his  delity to the spirit of the 1960s genera- tion.  is is supported by the only instance in the book where Burroughs undeniably mentored Lees: while investigating the therapeutic possibilities of yagé, Lees actually used ayahusca. THE REAL MENTORS e most fascinating aspect of the book2 is a glimpse of the formation of Lees. In this regard, it is necessary to men- tion two of his real mentors in neurology. Professor Gerald Stern (b.1930) (Figure 3), one of his teachers during his training at  e National Hospital Queen Square (NHQS), exerted a powerful in uence over the young Figure 3. Gerald Stern (picture kindly sent by him to the author). Lees. Many of his early publications have Stern as the senior author, and their partnership resulted in the introduction of apomorphine, bromocriptine and deprenyl in the manage- ment of PD4,5,6. In addition to this scienti c aspect, Stern was a model of careful listening to the history of patients, as well as having a very generous attitude towards young collaborators. Dr William Walton Gooddy (1916-2004) (Figure 4), also a consultant at the NHQS, was a man with a remarkable range of intellectual interests: neurology, literature, cosmology, pottery, music, and more. Dr. Gooddy had an idiosyn- cratic teaching style that can be exemplified by the answer he gave the young Lees about the recommended reading to start his neurology career: Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. Not surprisingly, “in the highly competi- tive cauldron of Queen Square, his many interests outside medicine often counted against him” 7 Unlike the rebellious Burroughs, Lees has been compliant with his teacher’s recommendations: in Mentored by a Madman there are many quotations from Holmes where Lees explains how the deductive method of Sherlock is a paradigm of neurological reasoning.  The interest in the famous detective was not just a young man’s infatuation: in the   plenary talk of the Brazilian Congress of Neurology in 2016, Lees tackled the relationship between neurology, Sherlock, and another of his heroes, Sir William Gowers. Aside from the recording of Gooddy’s recommendation for reading In Search of Lost Time, there is no other mention of Proust in Mentored by a Madman. One possible explanation for the omission is that Lees had not read Proust. However, he conceded to this reviewer that he actually read the book. The omission is only just discernible, as the book has many Proustian features: narration in the rst person, semi-autobiographical nature, distrust of doc- tors (the only physician to have a sympathetic depiction by Proust is Brissaud) and, in particular, the spiral nature of the plot. In Time Regained, the narrator is found in the library of the Guermantes’ mansion. While awaiting the intermission of a concert, he is able to recall his own past in full detail, being thrown into the opening scenes of his book. Lees’ adventure in the Amazon Forest, described in the last chapter of Mentored by a Madman has a similar atavistic nature. It was a re-enactment of lifelong experiences and reiteration of many of his loves: the Amazon of Spruce, Burroughs, self-experimentation and the quest for a cure for PD. Here, Lees is Proust. In the last chapter of his book, Lees had visions, visual hallucinations, induced by ayahusca. It is a very  tting end for the book that, in reality, describes not a doctor’s mentoring by Burroughs, but the journey of a visionary. Lees is a man who has the vision of medicine as a compassionate blend of science and art, of doing research devoid of spurious inter- ests and unobstructed by pointless bureaucracy, and a relentless search for a cure for PD. Mentored by a Madman is affiliated to the lineage of visionary English literature. Lees is the William Blake of neurology.

References

Parkinson J. An essay on the shaking palsy. London: Whittingham and Rowland for Sherwood, Neely and Jones; 1817.

Lees AJ. Mentored by a madman: the William Burroughs experiment. Devon: Notting Hill; 2016.

Morgan T. Literary outlaw: the life and times of William Burroughs. New York: W. W. Norton & Company; 2012.

Lees AJ, Stern GM. Sustained bromocriptine therapy in previously untreated patients with Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1981;44(11):1020-3.

5. Stibe CM, Lees AJ, Kempster PA, Stern GM. Subcutaneous apomorphine in parkinsonian on-off oscillations. Lancet. 1988;331(8582):403-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(88)91193-2 6. Frankel JP, Kempster PA, Stibe CM, Eatough VM, Nathanson M, Lees AJ et al. A double-blind, controlled study of high-dose L-deprenyl in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Clin Neuropharmacol. 1989;12(5):448-51.

7. Lees A. William Walton Gooddy. BMJ 2005;330(7496):909. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7496.909-a 316 Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2017;75(5):314-316