Creative Work Done in Quarantine

"Shakespeare wrote King Lear in quarantine -- what's wrong with you?" While we are struggling to do our normal work, home-school our kids, and cook during a crisis, it's inappropriate to pressure ourselves to also engage in creative work, but we look here at some historical figures working in quarantine, including Isaac Newton, Edvard Munch, Giovanni Boccaccio, and Thomas Nashe. We read Boccaccio's description of the plague, and consider Nashe's satirical writing and his involvement with Shakespeare. We also propose an ill-informed opinion about the authenticity of Shakespeare' work. Finally, we look at some artistic endeavors underway today, and read Jessica Salfia's poem "The First Lines of Emails I've Received While Quarantining." An inspirational episode.

The episode about productivity with Alex Pang that we reference:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/deardiscreetguide/episodes/2020-03-26T05_00_00-07_00

The Getty Museum project we reference:
https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/getty-artworks-recreated-with-household-items-by-creative-geniuses-the-world-over/

The CoronaMaison project we reference:
http://coronamaison.fun/

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