'Does Melancholy Foster Creativity?'

Or is it all a myth?

‘Woman curled up underwater” by Polina Tankilevitch

I will always have a soft spot in my heart for William Butler Yeats. There he can recline on plump, silk cushions, drink cups of coffee and write his poems in peace.

My Irish friends are often surprised when I tell them about how, growing up in Turkey —especially after I moved from Ankara to Istanbul…