Strong Imagination: Madness, Creativity and Human Nature Condition:Very Good beautifully written and immensely moving

beautifully written and immensely moving

Arnold Thomas Fanning had his first experience of depression during adolescence

from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica

across bars and laundromats and universities

Strong Imagination: Madness, Creativity and Human Nature Condition:Very Good beautifully written and immensely movingMadness is the central mystery of the human psyche. Our minds evolved to give us a faithful understanding of reality, to allow us to integrate into our communities, and to help us adapt our behavior to our environment. Yet in serious mental illness, the mind does exactly the opposite of these things. The sufferer builds castles of imaginative delusion, fails to adapt, and becomes a stranger among his own people. Yet mental illness is no marginal it is