Comments on: Brain disease seen in art http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459528 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459528 I thought there was a whole field in medicine where they diagnose what artists suffered from based on their art. I thought there was a whole field in medicine where they diagnose what artists suffered from based on their art.

]]> By: elsmiley http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459535 elsmiley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459535 And God knows they all suffer from something. Otherwise they would just chill out and watch TV. And God knows they all suffer from something. Otherwise they would just chill out and watch TV.

]]> By: Wingo http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459537 Wingo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459537 @Takuan #6 - There is! The practitioners are referred to as "Art Critics". ;) @Takuan #6 – There is! The practitioners are referred to as “Art Critics”. ;)

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459550 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459550 http://instantrimshot.com/ http://instantrimshot.com/

]]> By: TharkLord http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459567 TharkLord Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459567 Now I can finally explain why I do what I do to my in-laws. But really, a lawyer turns into an artist and they call it brain disease? What do they call it when an artist turns into a lawyer? Now I can finally explain why I do what I do to my in-laws.

But really, a lawyer turns into an artist and they call it brain disease?

What do they call it when an artist turns into a lawyer?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459572 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459572 graduating? graduating?

]]> By: calabanos http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459612 calabanos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459612 It's more like a lawyer gives up lawyering and indulges in crafts. He gets a brain disease and some idiot starts calling his crafty indulgences "Art". It’s more like a lawyer gives up lawyering and indulges in crafts. He gets a brain disease and some idiot starts calling his crafty indulgences “Art”.

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459613 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459613 what a beautiful tragedy. it's like somebody playing a piano in a forest while it's raining, but they keep on playing until the piano falls apart. what a beautiful tragedy. it’s like somebody playing a piano in a forest while it’s raining, but they keep on playing until the piano falls apart.

]]> By: agoodsandwich http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459454 agoodsandwich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459454 I like the After picture. Maybe I should get me some of this brain disease. I like the After picture. Maybe I should get me some of this brain disease.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459460 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459460 Typo in the article. Should be amyotrophic "lateral" sclerosis. Typo in the article. Should be amyotrophic “lateral” sclerosis.

]]> By: seyo http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459463 seyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459463 I knew someone would say that I knew someone would say that

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459481 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459481 @1, trust me, you DON'T want ALS/Lou Gehrig's. @1, trust me, you DON’T want ALS/Lou Gehrig’s.

]]> By: cinemajay http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-460014 cinemajay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-460014 @5, not at all, it implies that perception and changes on a physiologic level. Ever see the paintings that Van Gogh did later in life? Very intriguing. If you read the actual article on New Scientist the researcher does mention that there were some emotional factors that could have also contributed (dealing with loss of control, etc.). I find the art very moving from that aspect. @5, not at all, it implies that perception and changes on a physiologic level. Ever see the paintings that Van Gogh did later in life? Very intriguing. If you read the actual article on New Scientist the researcher does mention that there were some emotional factors that could have also contributed (dealing with loss of control, etc.).

I find the art very moving from that aspect.

]]> By: agoodsandwich http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459503 agoodsandwich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459503 Oh that's right, I don't. Sometimes I get some funny ideas. Oh that’s right, I don’t. Sometimes I get some funny ideas.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459513 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459513 Louis Wain is an extraordinary case of this from the turn of the century. He became popular for his paintings of anthropomorphic cats, but in his later years was wrought with schizophrenia and started painting wildly psychedelic cat paintings which in my opinion are FANTASTIC! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Wain Louis Wain is an extraordinary case of this from the turn of the century. He became popular for his paintings of anthropomorphic cats, but in his later years was wrought with schizophrenia and started painting wildly psychedelic cat paintings which in my opinion are FANTASTIC!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Wain

]]> By: mitechka http://boingboing.net/2009/04/08/brain-disease-seen-i.html#comment-459515 mitechka Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-459515 Does this imply that modern art is a mental condition? ;) Does this imply that modern art is a mental condition? ;)

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