Famous People
Marilyn - Something Had to Give
There has been no one like her.
Knowledge is Necessity. Virginia Woolf's body fished out of the water, weighted down by stones. Van Gogh cradled in the arms of his brother at age 37, a thousand Starry Nights never to be painted, Sylvia Plath with the gas on and her kids in the next room, Marilyn Monroe found in a state of partial rigor mortis, forever young. These are tragic pictures of brilliant lives cut short.
The purpose of this section is not to glorify what destroyed most of the individuals portrayed here. Rather, it is to gain insight into the gift and curse that is our illness. We truly have wings, but beware of the melting wax.
Also included here are some heroes and one villain of psychiatry. Their stories chronicle how our understanding of human nature and mental illness has progressed from the naive and barbaric to the inspired and humane and scientific, though we still have a long way to go.
Knowledge is Necessity
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