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Culture Shift is a weekly newsletter curated by the HuffPost Culture writers and editors.
This week we're talking about scary short stories that will keep you up at night, the advice every creative person needs to hear, the late photographer Francesca Woodman, street art in Poland, and #LiterarySwag.
How To Make Friends With Your Country's Enemies
"Journalists are meant to maintain a cruel distance. We break into minds to share our findings with strangers. [Sana] Arjumand makes me want to be her friend." (Read more here)
17 Short Stories That Will Scare The Pants Off You In No Time
Halloween snacks you can finish during your lunch break -- as long as you keep those pants on. (Read more here)
This Is What It's Really Like To Be A Witch Today
There's less sinister spell-casting than you might think. (Read more here)
The Late Photographer Francesca Woodman Used Ghosts To Tell Her Story
Before her death at just 22 years old, Woodman became one of the most seductive and haunting photographers of all time. (Read more here)
Sol LeWitt's Advice To Eva Hesse Is What Every Creative Person Needs To Hear
"Do more, more nonsensical, more crazy, more machines. Makes them abound with nonsense." -Sol LeWitt (Read more here)
#LiterarySwag Movement Makes It Stylish To Read Books
"Why can't someone really like Thom Browne, but then also love Tom Wolfe?" (Read more here)
A Group Of International Street Artists Gather In Poland
"My aim is to create a permanent exhibition of great art in the public space of Lodz," says Michał Bieżyński, founder of "Lodz Murals" in the Polish city of the same name. (Read more here)
Intimate Self-Portraits Document One Artist's Struggle With Disease
"The camera became my eye, and a member of my body." (Read more here) Follow HuffPost Arts and Books on Facebook and Twitter 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 | | |
