Bonkers Ways Famous Creators Made Iconic Works
Sometimes great art comes from weird places.
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It might be a cliche that artists are kind of crazy not so deep down, but that actually might be true for some of them. Or, at any rate, it might be true that they have very weird creative habits. For example ...
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