Comment by thomasz
8 years ago
No, this what a real schizophrenic is. It's a terrible disease that should not be romanticized in any way.
8 years ago
No, this what a real schizophrenic is. It's a terrible disease that should not be romanticized in any way.
There surely seems to be a correlation between great art and mental illness. Van Gogh, Rothko, Frida Kahlo... I guess it depends on your taste in art, though. I'd put Terry in this camp for sure.
Those were a few that were lucky enough to earn a living / have people take care of them; that's only a small percentage, the rest ends up homeless, dead, interned, jailed. Terry is headed that way too now.
Great artists who don't suffer from mental illness exist, too.
Are you implying he is not an artist because he is schizophrenic?
An artist is one who creates art, and having used TempleOS I assure you it is among the finest.
He may be an artist AND a schizophrenic. One is not dependent on the other. Sometimes it just happens.
People have problems. You have problems, and so do I.
I think we can romanticize Terry's work while also keeping his condition in mind. They're separable, like a gaussian blur.
We can romanticize his work, but we shouldn't romanticize his life.
Why not?
Life is about how you deal with your problems, not having none.
Terry has dealt with a lot. It's probably harder than any of us can know.
The one guy is followed by the government and writes a book about it. The other guy is followed by the goverment and runs. Both are delusional. All thats missing is the interrupt to reality.