“Writers and artists in their childhood tend to create their own imaginary worlds, e.g. Anthony Trollope, Kenneth Grahame, C.S. Lewis.. and doubtless many more…
“The imaginary worlds were created for fun and out of sheer surplus of mental energy. Everything indicates that these world weavers are very bright and some exceptionally so. Many of them resented [...]

Dove Evolution
How women in ads are transformed through a team of make-up and hair artists, hours of time, professional lighting and image manipulation.
“Evolution” video by The Campaign for Real Beauty [Dove]
Related page: body image~~

Joshua Yuchasz:
It all started in elementary school when I realized that I wasn’t like everyone else. My mom says that I have a tendency of obsessing on certain subjects. Unfortunately, these subjects don’t interest other kids my age and they really don’t interest my teachers.
In fact, my kindergarten teacher said she would scream if I [...]

Isabel Kaplan wrote in one of her blogs on HuffingtonPost [I Am Sixteen, Going on Seventeen] - ”..when you’re my age, it can be, at times, hard to feel as though you can really make a difference. I can’t even vote, so how do I expect to be able to change the world? The answer [...]

book: The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids
Follows the lives of students from a Bethesda, Md., high school as they navigate the SAT and college application process. These students are obsessed with success, contending with illness, physical deterioration (senior Julie is losing hair over the pressure to get into Stanford), cheating (students sell a [...]