tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-19726761102575177552007-12-14T13:32:00.000Z2007-12-14T13:32:00.000Z2007-12-14T13:32:00.000Z<I>Email received:</I><BR/><BR/>There may be yet another connection : dare I say it? Mental illness.<BR/><BR/>Reading some of the personal tributes and reminiscences of Stockhausen, for example, in The Guardian, I can't help but think what I've been thinking about him for a few decades : that he had elements of Schizophrenia. <BR/><BR/>From my own experience, having known quite a number of Schizophrenics (lucky me), they qre quite adept at hiding their disability, particularly when they are extraordinarily gifted. And Stockhausen was, without doubt, gifted. And his personal pain, as you read between the lines seemed emmense, again, much like Schumann.<BR/><BR/>It's also interesting to note that a lot of Shamanistic cultures, and Stockhausen has been called a Shaman, seem to be way of interpreting what we would now consider to be psychotic episodes as different and important voices and visions of wisdom. That's probably a more humane way of dealing with the condition than most modern day approaches. <BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/><BR/>David Cavlovic<BR/><BR/><I>And another connection? ... Shaman - Schumann </I>Pliablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com