Upon further examination your son Holden seems to show symptoms of a personality disorder. In order to be diagnosed with a personality disorder, a patient must demonstrate five or more of a number of different criteria. Holden meets exactly five to some extent, suggesting he has a borderline personality disorder. He has volotile relationships with other people, engages in impulsive and self-destructing actities such as smoking and drinking, and regularly experiences feelings of emptiness. He displays intense anger at inappropriate times and is terrified of being abandoned, going to extreme lengths to prevent it.
I advise giving therapy a try. Make sure to choose a therapist Holden can be comfortable with if possible- someone he doesn't consider a "phony." Minimal medication is advised as people with this kind of disorder often don't take well to it. Above all, don't try to force him into anything. He is sure to resist if you do.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Impressionist Art
Today, my class has to select our favorite abstract expressionist and talk about them. I can't pretend to like or understand that kind of art, but one guy I thought was pretty good was Wassily Kandinsky. Here are some of his paintings:
Kandinsky was a big believer in what he called inner necessity- the true hidden beauty of everyday life. This influenced a lot of his earlier paintings. He was also an expert in music and philosophy and frequently compared the two to art. Though he was very smart and school came easy to him, he was known for having a very hard time relaxing, and he felt overwhelmed by the world, channeling these feelings into his paintings. That feeling of being overwhelmed was the primary emotion he put into his art as he shows in the seemingly random jumbles of shapes and objects in some of his paintings. He also frequently used The Bible for inspiration, particularly Revalation, as many of his paintings dealt with the end of the world.
Some of his paintings give a positive "Oh, that's nice" reaction like the one of the street and the horse one. Others are violent and random-seeming and give a more negative feel. Abstract expressionalism was fueled by a desire for change and to establish American art. Those may not have been what motivated Wassily, but it's what his work inspired for many other artists nontheless.
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Kandinsky was a big believer in what he called inner necessity- the true hidden beauty of everyday life. This influenced a lot of his earlier paintings. He was also an expert in music and philosophy and frequently compared the two to art. Though he was very smart and school came easy to him, he was known for having a very hard time relaxing, and he felt overwhelmed by the world, channeling these feelings into his paintings. That feeling of being overwhelmed was the primary emotion he put into his art as he shows in the seemingly random jumbles of shapes and objects in some of his paintings. He also frequently used The Bible for inspiration, particularly Revalation, as many of his paintings dealt with the end of the world.
Some of his paintings give a positive "Oh, that's nice" reaction like the one of the street and the horse one. Others are violent and random-seeming and give a more negative feel. Abstract expressionalism was fueled by a desire for change and to establish American art. Those may not have been what motivated Wassily, but it's what his work inspired for many other artists nontheless.
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