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Eric Salazar, director of wood-aged beers at Strangebird Brewing, pours a glass of Salus, the brewery s wild dark saison and first foray into wild ales. On a sunny morning recently, Eric Salazar, the director of wood-aged beers at Strangebird Brewing on Marshall Street in Rochester, poured a glass of Salus, the brewery’s wild dark saison. Upon a first sip, the off-brown brew is tart, then shifts to darker notes of woodiness and funk before ending with an herbal, tonic water-esque finish. “The challenge of my career has always been balance,” Salazar said. “It’s to let all parts of the beer live and breathe and have a place in the profile, and not be overtaken by whatever fruit you’ve added, whatever bacteria you’ve added.” ....
Published: May 31, 2021 13:59 Devinder Bains The presence of mental illness in art dates back beyond the middle ages. Often coarsely labelled as ‘madness in art’ the passing centuries have done nothing to wane the complex relationship between creativity and emotional disorders. We explore the importance of the modern marriage between art and the mind. Tears of Shame (2011) Image Credit: Abi/Kim Noble Heavy chaotic flourishes surround the small, perfectly framed landscape, and at first, the juxtaposition appears confusing. Like two contrasting paintings have somehow found their way onto the same canvas: the calm and beautifully painted countryside versus the manic and eerie brushstrokes that surround the serene pastures. But the two are in fact unified: the framed watercolour-like acrylics emerge as the head of a portrait and sit above a dark and abstract body. What sort of mind would think to ....
The great German astronomer Johannes Kepler wrote what might be the first science fiction novel, Somnium, which was published in 1634 (a few years after his death). As a serious scientist, he described the Moon and the sort of creatures that might live on it as accurately as the knowledge of the time allowed. The Moon was an incredibly alien world, he told his readers. Nights were 15 Earth days long “and dreadful with uninterrupted shadow”. The cold at night was more intense than anything experienced on Earth, while the heat of day was terrific. Animals that lived on the Moon adapted to these harsh conditions. Some went into hibernation, while others evolved hard shells and other protection. ....