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Written by: Rod Boyle

Category: Ideas & Questions

Published: 05 February 2018

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Another example of Outsider Art, the curious "art" created by people for reasons unbeknownst to others, for no reason other than the simple joy of creation.

Link: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-visit-to-south-africas-strange-astonishing-owl-house?mbid=synd_digg

I rather love the creepy doll...

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Written by: Rod Boyle

Category: Ideas & Questions

Published: 16 January 2018

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The Mechanics of History...

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Written by: Rod Boyle

Category: Ideas & Questions

Published: 08 January 2018

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An excellent long read that looks at the rise of anti-depressants as treatments for chemical imbalances in the brain.

Link: https://qz.com/1162154/30-years-after-prozac-arrived-we-still-buy-the-lie-that-chemical-imbalances-cause-depression/

Spoiler, the short answer is they don't. But it doesn't stop us for looking for quick fixes and all the quacks in Western Medicine are far too happy to oblige.

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Written by: Rod Boyle

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Published: 21 December 2017

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(Above: The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly)

Thought I'd written up before, but apparently not. James Hampton, Outsider artist and author of the as of yet undeciphered Book of the 7 Dispensation. 

More Batshit brilliance, art for it's own (or otherwise unfathomed) sake.

Outsider artist James Hampton, Wiki, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hampton_(artist), and on the Smithsonian: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/throne-third-heaven-nations-millennium-general-assembly-9897 and https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/book-7-dispensation-9898