The Artistic Case for Repression
Flaubert vs. Kerouac on Life and Art
The bohemian artist whose personal life is a mess is a stereotype. So too is the larger-than-life creative type who brims with effusive energy, turning the entire world into a workshop.
But Flaubert, whose 19th century novels once scandalized audiences, offers an opposite approach: greater orderliness in life enables greater artistic inspiration at work…
