http://lailalalami.com/2003/war-literature/ Author of Secret Son and Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:44:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lailalalami.com/2003/war-literature/#comment-168 hiker Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:45:22 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/war-literature/#comment-168 Times of war and tragedy can often times bring out the most beautiful forms of creativity. From music to literature and visual arts. I think that it insipres people in ways that happiness cannot. Times of war and tragedy can often times bring out the most beautiful forms of creativity. From music to literature and visual arts. I think that it insipres people in ways that happiness cannot.

]]> http://lailalalami.com/2003/war-literature/#comment-167 JeanNINE Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:18:40 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/war-literature/#comment-167 I believe that creativity and introspection helps us all to feel less helpless during times of war and crisis. I've felt a HUGE surge in creative energy lately myself - it helps me cope. I'm thankful that while the rest of the world is ugly, at least creativity can still bring about beauty... I believe that creativity and introspection helps us all to feel less helpless during times of war and crisis. I’ve felt a HUGE surge in creative energy lately myself – it helps me cope. I’m thankful that while the rest of the world is ugly, at least creativity can still bring about beauty…

]]> http://lailalalami.com/2003/war-literature/#comment-166 dru Thu, 27 Mar 2003 20:02:01 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/war-literature/#comment-166 A friend of mine wrote a long <a href="http://misnomer.dru.ca/2003/02/12/intertidal_travels_in_a_moral_nomansland.html" rel="nofollow">essay</a> about the literary and moral responses to war. It contains a lot of similar and interesting references. A friend of mine wrote a long essay about the literary and moral responses to war. It contains a lot of similar and interesting references.

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