Psychopaths are estimated to make up 1 percent of the population but constitute roughly 15 to 25 percent of the offenders in prison and are responsible for a disproportionate number of brutal crimes and murders. A recent estimate by the neuroscientist Kent Kiehl placed the national cost of psychopathy at $460 billion a year — roughly 10 times the cost of depression — in part because psychopaths tend to be arrested repeatedly. (The societal costs of nonviolent psychopaths may be even higher. Robert Hare, the co-author of “Snakes in Suits,” describes evidence of psychopathy among some financiers and business people; he suspects Bernie Madoff of falling into that category.)
Posted May 14, 2012 at 7:39pm in psychopaths Jennifer Kahn Bernie Madoff N.C. Wyeth Merlin King Arthur painting Kevin Shields big camera cats
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Don’t let grief vex you. You should let it into your heart. Nor should you be afraid of madness. It comes to you perhaps as a friend and not as an enemy, and the only thing that is bad is your resistance. Let grief into your heart. Don’t lock the door on it. Standing outside the door, in the mind, it is frightening, but in the heart it is not.
— Wittgenstein, diary entry (via Spurious)
(Pieter Bruegel, Luilekkerland)
Posted February 18, 2012 at 12:17pm in quotes Ludwig Wittgenstein What is the heart anyhow? Pieter Bruegel painting
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“It’s cartooning, really. It’s no longer icons, but it’s not yet realism. It all happened before people got all wrapped up in the humanistic technical details of anatomy and perspective and tricks with light and atmospherics. It’s very straightforward, but still amazing and profound. It’s still about the subject, about the story and about trying seriously to depict and grapple with what the artist feels is important in life. It’s not about technique, and not about creating collectible objects for the wealthy. Which is, to a great extent, what painting became shortly thereafter.”
— Anders Nilsen
Posted December 24, 2011 at 3:13pm in Pierro della Francesca Madonna del Parto painting quotes anders nilsen comix
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merry Christmas
Sami GA: “He looks like George Washington on the dollar bill in baby form”
Posted December 24, 2011 at 3:11pm in painting Pierro della Francesca Madonna di Senigallia Sami GA
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“We actually give two cents about each other, which is a rarity. We actually deal with each other off the court, which is a big plus. And I’m not just saying that just to make y’all columns look like whatever it is. This is true life. And we enjoy each other. We’re like brothers. We bitch, we complain, we argue, we debate, we laugh. Know what I mean? We’re like brothers. Real life.”
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A Quiet Pet (detail), John William Godward, 1906
exactly like my relationship w/ Kevin
Posted September 1, 2010 at 10:19am in John William Godward critters painting turtles Kevin Shields
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