Published on 12, July, 2020
With many of these people, the condition is highly speculative rather than actually diagnosed. Some of the symptoms suggested, too, could indicate other conditions - particularly with people like Woody Allen.
Still... I find it reassuring in many ways to maybe share something in common with people who've made such an impact in their own particular ways...
www.asperger-syndrome.me.uk/people.htm
Martian Tom said:And Henry Darger? The most well-known 'outsider' artist? What do you think?en.wikipedia.org/.../Henry_Dargerwww.youtube.com/watchNever published any of his work (which included a 15,145-page fantasy novel) or exhibited any of his hundreds of paintings and collages, and asked for them all to be destroyed after his death. Lived in the same one-room apartment in Chicago for over four decades whilst working as a hospital janitor. Is known to have had only one friend in that time.
And Henry Darger? The most well-known 'outsider' artist? What do you think?
en.wikipedia.org/.../Henry_Darger
www.youtube.com/watch
Never published any of his work (which included a 15,145-page fantasy novel) or exhibited any of his hundreds of paintings and collages, and asked for them all to be destroyed after his death. Lived in the same one-room apartment in Chicago for over four decades whilst working as a hospital janitor. Is known to have had only one friend in that time.
Strange bloke, Tom. I wonder why his art was so gruesome. He had a tough early life and going through WWI was no picnic either so....
They say that Aspies have very good imaginations and I guess Darger shows this pretty clearly.