Free Zones – in Praise of Basements!

Spaces where we can relax as we explore our own minds and work toward goals that are important to us are vital for our mental health. In “In Praise of Unfinished Basements,” Brady Brickner-Wood (2022, The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/magazine/creativity-basement.html) explores the psychological benefits of being able to spend time in storeroom-like unfinished basements.  Speaking of spending time in their parents’ basement on trips home they share that “I can still spend hours there alone, reading and writing until my…

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