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2026 new year’s resolutions
-get a job
-write an album
-make art that doesn’t suck
-not kill myself
-draw comics
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no. i just cant support heterosexuality. not appropriate to bring up in front of kids
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my friend with no talent would open up ms paint on all the computers and just do this
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heres what that fucking mine craft movie would look like if i was in charge
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just saw two guys who looked the exact same except their shirts were different colours they kinda were kinda like this
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fuck you and fuck everyone eating this shit up
Louis Wain's drawings of cats as his Schizophrenia worsened.
Louis Wain, an English artist born in 1860, gained fame for his illustrations of cats portrayed with human characteristics. During his later years, Wain experienced the onset of schizophrenia, a mental disorder believed by psychiatrists of that time to be triggered by toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection commonly associated with cats. Consequently, he was admitted to a mental hospital in 1924 and subsequently transferred to Napsbury Hospital in St Albans in 1930. It was during this period that Wain's artistic style underwent a profound transformation. Despite his increasing delusions, he continued to depict cats in his paintings, with psychiatrists attributing the abstract patterns in his artwork as indicative of his schizophrenia.
For some time, there has been speculation regarding a connection between mental disorders and creativity. The creative process often involves divergent thinking, characterized by free-flowing, spontaneous, and multi-faceted ideation. One example of such a connection is the observation that both individuals with schizophrenia and highly creative individuals exhibit lower levels of dopamine receptors. This leads to reduced filtration of information in the brain, allowing for the generation of novel ideas and solutions in creative individuals, while potentially giving rise to abnormal thought patterns in those with schizophrenia. Moreover, large-scale population studies have validated the association between mental illness and creative professions, indicating that individuals working in creative fields are more likely to seek treatment for mental illnesses. Additionally, a study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry found a significant link between the artistic profession and schizophrenia.
Wain's abstract artwork is particularly intriguing due to its psychedelic, vibrant, intricate, and occasionally fractal patterns. This suggests the possibility of a shared cognitive process underlying the psychedelic experience, schizophrenia, and creative thinking.
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Although Wain made more abstract paintings in his later years, there is no confirmation that he had schizophrenia as most of his paintings do not have dates on them, it is no definitive showcase of Schizophrenia and has been argued he more likely had Autism Spectrum Disorder
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this generation is cooked why are people doubting santa 😭😭 is christmas spirit gone??
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baby shoes never worn isn’t even that sad. why would a baby wear shoes. how much walking is an infant gonna get done.
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when your life ends you will be forgotten. your name spoken by no one and your actions never remembered. you will leave nothing of substance behind.
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imagine being reincarnated into a kitten and feeling decades of human experiences and relationships disappear
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would not support her if she transitioned. women are supposed to love women, not men. the heterosexual angenda is sick.
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cant relate, they aborted my mortal enemy. my days are peaceful and the sun is shining
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all the blue checks in the replies of that post making fun of him or schizophrenia are all fucking losers
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he was betrayed and trapped in the hyperbolic time chamber he doesn’t know how old he is
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he birthed these with his mcpussy and loved and cherished them and yet you insult them so rudely. how rude
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it’s just not true. he never even put dates on his work. it’s just people arbitrarily making stuff up and rearranging his art to fit whatever they’re saying
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there’s a time and a place for everything and now is not the time nor place for your negativity
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decided to revamp my artstyle and get rid of all those nasty imperfections and strange proportions. what do we think, blek nation?😀
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it’s development. a complete character arc. he went from feeling blue to feeling alright. media literacy is DEAD!!!!!!!
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azumanga daioh family guy funny moments who can it be now lobotomycore sata andagi
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i would go back in time to drone strike xbox so that she’d have nothing to take away from me. think bigger
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sonic slices mario into pieces w/ his quills and mario just does this before standing back up
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wdym his eyes are open and he’s walking around. he’s alive and his skin is a good healthy yellow
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