Once an addict is able to get over their addiction, they can find great self-healing. This is true with authors such as Frey who was able to self-medicate through his readings of the Tao Te Ching and Knapp who was able to heal herself through the help of others in Alcoholics Anonymous. One of the greatest moments in Eat, Pray, Love is when Gilbert is able to resist temptation and spend the night alone. She says: "I finally felt it again-that specific, constant, clear sky, unrelated to anything, never shifting, nameless and changeless perfection of my own happiness. This happiness which is better, truly, than anything that I have ever experienced anywhere else on this earth."

Two authors that have seemingly very different writing styles, can be, in reality, rather similar. William S. Burroughs, author of "Naked Lunch," uses a very irrational writing style and is also very irrational in his thoughts. He once said that the stories in "Naked Lunch" could be read in any order, meaning there is no beginning nor end. His writing technique seems similar to painter Jackson Pollack's style of art. Both readers of Burroughs and lovers of Pollack can make their own interpretations of what is painted or written in terms of addiction. In Pollack's abstract paintings there are many layers that can be put on the canvas in any order that can express his idea much like Burroughs. The irrational demeanor of Burroughs can be compared to the irrational thoughts and feelings of Wurtzel in "More, Now, Again."

Although Wurtzel's style of writing seems very rational and explanatory, her thoughts and feelings are irrational much like Burrough's thoughts. Wurtzel's writing technique can be compared to George Seurat's painting "Sunday Afternoon on the Grand Jatte." This painting uses pointilism and gives the illusion that the painting is fluid brush strokes rather than the mindless dots that it is in actuality. Wurtzel's irrationality is like the dots in Seurat's painting because, from a distance, it looks put together but at a closer glance, her thoughts are less cohesive and much more jumbled than it may appear.

Like Wurtzel and Burroughs, there is no end. There is only stew.

TEAM 2: Ons onderzoek

Architectuur en waarneming is geheel van fragmenten. Deze fragmenten bundelen we automisch samen en ervaren we als een geheel. Hoe worden de fragmenten meer dan het geheel? Hoe valt de waarneming uiteen in fragmenten?

Aside of the influence of family, adolescents constantly want the approval of their friends and thus the ripple effect can help the addiction spread to others. For example, if the "cool people" in middle and high school smoke cigarettes, a teenager might seek to belong and then begin to smoke. This ripple effect, also known as peer pressure, is one of the most heavily influencing devices in most American schools. Everyone seeks acceptance and therefore can easily give in to peer pressure.

In college, most habits are already ingrained in student's lifestyles but they can be exacerbated through the wide use and acceptance of abusive substances like cigarettes, drugs, and alcohol available on a college campus. We feel that addictions are more likely to expand and grow in this environment where students start defining who they are and addictive tendencies can be part of their personal definiton.

After college, this ripple effect can take over into so many different branches of one's life from friends to co-workers to even family and thus the ripple effect starts over again.

• "Colt 45 and two zig-zags, baby that's all we need. We can go to the park after dark and smoke some tumbleweed." This song shows the immense love for the use of drugs and the disregard for any pain that they could feel from it.

2. "Forever Young" by The Youth Group

• "Let's dance in style, let's dance a while. Heaven can wait, we're only watching the stars. Hoping for the best but expecting the worst. Are you going to drop the bomb or not? I wanna be forever young." Most drug addicts don't think about the future at all and live for the moment today.

3. "Smoke Two Joints" by Sublime

• "Smoke two joints in the morning, I smoke two joints at night. I smoke two joints in the afternoon 'cause it makes me feel alright. I smoke two joints in time of peace and two in time of war. I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints and then I smoke two more." This song shows that the narrator of the song goes after his addiction before anything else in life and finds all enjoyment from his use.

4. "Let's Get Fucked Up" by Start Trouble

• "Let's get fucked up. Gimme a cup, I'll drink 'til I throw up. Ahhhh. Alcohol, my only friend." This also shows that there are certain people that don't realize the reprocussions of their actions.

5. "Sandstorm" by DJ Darrude

• There are no lyrics, but that's the point. The techno beat and the music is the expression of the euphoria that you feel with the music and when using.

 Thesis: Artists use songs to express their love for addictions. These songs portray addictions as positive rather than negative things.

• Burroughs art is dark and aggressive which is expressed throughout the novel with the varying characters such as Benway, Mark, Mary, Johnny, and others.

Sonny's dependence on me is clear in that he is more emotionally stable when I am in his life. Both playing music and hearing it is more than filling Sonny's heroin deficit in that he feels in control in our relationship. He can always rely on the stability of our relationship; I'm always there for him.

Q2: What effect do you think you have had on Sonny's life?

I've been more understanding of him than his brother and allowed him to express his hardships through me. I am a constant in his life and make him feel better about himself. In the end, I am responsible for reconciling the relationship between Sonny and his brother. I am also omnipresent: "They were not about anything very new. He and the boys up there...find new ways for us to listen" (24). Also, I am "the only light we've got in all this darkness" (24).

Q3: Why do you think Sonny's brother is less appreciative of you?

Sonny's brother doesn't understand music is more than a career. I am a source of comfort and hope in Sonny's life, a connection that his brother cannot empathize with since there is nothing in his life that fills his voids. Sonny has tried several instruments before finding his "fit;" he had to seek out music rather than it finding him. Sonny's brother, however, has never even bothered to look.

Q4: Do you think your relationship with Sonny can be universalized?

Yes, my relationship with Sonny was one of support and comfort. Music can arouse strong emotions out of humans because it is so dynamic and easy to associate with emotional moments. Even though the roles of music are variable, my constant purpose is to evoke emotion and create a connection with those who listen. I have a special bond with those who create me because they are the ones who understand my purpose most fully.

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