The 27 Club
The para-social relationship that with we have with celebrities is perhaps the deepest and strongest with artists. Those who put their emotionality into a consumable product in order for others to take a better peek into the human experience. Art has the capacity to take an emotional situation that largely takes place on a personal level (in our own head) and express it so that others can not only relate to it, but find a tribe of like minded individuals, thus, removing the weight of supposed isolation.
Janis Joplin. Jimi Hendrix. Jim Morrison. Kurt Cobain. There are so many great artists that we lost early, and coincidentally, a handful of notable people died at the same age within a short period of time. That age was of course 27. We decided to learn about the history of the 27 Club, the members, and a few possible explanations. That's right! It's Probin' Time!
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