The idea that there is a thin line between creativity and madness has been around for centuries. But now, for the first time, there's some insight into why the two might be mirror images of each other. The list of great artists who might have suffered from some sort of
mental illness is almost endless:
Edgar Allan Poe, William Blake, Lord
Byron, Sylvia Plath, Georgia O'Keeffe and Virginia Woolf are only the
tip of the iceberg.
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The University of Valencia has organized an exhibition of great interest at La Nau (C/Universitat, 2). It opens tomorrow with a Lecture by Hélène Tropé (Paris III). "Madness and Inquisition in Spain in XVI and XVII c." is the title of the talk that will take place at The Paraninfo.
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