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the cramped attic where geniuses froze, starved, and somehow wrote masterpieces anyway
means A small, often dingy room just under the roof of a house, typically an attic with sloping walls.
from From Old French 'garite,' a watchtower or lookout post — a place perched high up for keeping watch — which traces back to 'garir,' to defend or protect. English borrowed it in the medieval period, and over time the lofty defensive post slid down in dignity to become the cheapest room in the building: the cramped space under the eaves where rent was low and the artists, naturally, drifted.
- origin
- From Old French for a watchtower or lookout
- artist cliche
- Synonymous with broke, brilliant bohemians since the 1800s
- top floor
- Cheapest rent, worst stairs, best skyline view
- literary home
- Where countless poets pretended suffering fueled their art
garrett morgan — african american inventor who patented the smoke hood (gas mask) in 1914 and the traffic signal in 1923
garrett fitzgerald — irish taoiseach (prime minister) who served two terms in the 1980s and negotiated the anglo-irish agreement
garrett wang — american actor who played harry kim on star trek: voyager from 1995-2001