Comments on: Louis Wain’s Schizophrenic Art. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/21/louis-wains-schizophrenic-art/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: L K Tucker http://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/21/louis-wains-schizophrenic-art/comment-page-1/#comment-1387634 L K Tucker Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:05:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/21/louis-wains-schizophrenic-art/#comment-1387634 Note that as the image degraded his ability to paint never decreased. Van Gogh on the other hand had a less precise style. There has been an observed connection with mental illness, high intelligence and gifted individuals. No one has previously suggested a viable explanation. VisionAndPsychosis.Net points to a little known problem of physiology. Subliminal Distraction is explained in college psychology under psychophysics. It was discovered to cause mental breaks for office workers in the 1960's. The office cubicle solved that problem by 1968. Like knowledge workers in business offices artists must use full mental investment to create their art. If they do that where there is detectable movement in peripheral vision they have Subliminal Distraction exposure and will have the psychiatric symptoms it causes. Circumstantial evidence shows low level long term exposure creates fixed altered mental states which resemble schizophrenia. Whether or not his art became more bizarre as his mental situation degraded the work contributed to that decline. Note that as the image degraded his ability to paint never decreased. Van Gogh on the other hand had a less precise style.

There has been an observed connection with mental illness, high intelligence and gifted individuals. No one has previously suggested a viable explanation. VisionAndPsychosis.Net points to a little known problem of physiology.

Subliminal Distraction is explained in college psychology under psychophysics. It was discovered to cause mental breaks for office workers in the 1960′s. The office cubicle solved that problem by 1968.

Like knowledge workers in business offices artists must use full mental investment to create their art. If they do that where there is detectable movement in peripheral vision they have Subliminal Distraction exposure and will have the psychiatric symptoms it causes.

Circumstantial evidence shows low level long term exposure creates fixed altered mental states which resemble schizophrenia.

Whether or not his art became more bizarre as his mental situation degraded the work contributed to that decline.

]]> By: flam http://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/21/louis-wains-schizophrenic-art/comment-page-1/#comment-32153 flam Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:01:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/21/louis-wains-schizophrenic-art/#comment-32153 This is a well know myth. Whilst it is true that Louis Wain suffered from illness, these images were not produced in the time-frame or order described in various texts linking them to progressive schizophrenia. This is a well know myth.
Whilst it is true that Louis Wain suffered from illness,
these images were not produced in the time-frame or order described in various texts linking them to progressive schizophrenia.

]]> By: Zorg http://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/21/louis-wains-schizophrenic-art/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 Zorg Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:03:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/21/louis-wains-schizophrenic-art/#comment-1344 Time-Life Science series readers should recognize all of them. In fact, the whole site is liberally sprinkled with images that appear to be scanned from a Time-Life Science book called The Mind. Important childhood reading shared by at least one generation of now middle-aged geeks ... Time-Life Science series readers should recognize all of them. In fact, the whole site is liberally sprinkled with images that appear to be scanned from a Time-Life Science book called The Mind. Important childhood reading shared by at least one generation of now middle-aged geeks …

]]> By: Adam http://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/21/louis-wains-schizophrenic-art/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 Adam Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:41:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/21/louis-wains-schizophrenic-art/#comment-1343 Oingo Boingo fans should recognize the second image from the left. They used it on buttons and other merch in the 80s. Oingo Boingo fans should recognize the second image from the left. They used it on buttons and other merch in the 80s.

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