#he did not 'descend into madness' and even if he was schizophrenic that doesnt mean his surreal artwork would be a product of his condition | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

peeps-old-blog · 1 year ago

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I just found out that they made a movie in 2021 about Louis Wain and fucking Benedict Cumberbatch was cast to play him 😭😭😭 STOP IT!!!! STOP CASTING HIM AS EVERY SINGLE QUIRKED UP WHITE MAN! CAST ANY OTHER PERSON!

#i dont even have anything against him other than the general bitter aftertaste of bbc sherlock #but like #do the people who make movies know that there are other guys out there #i dont need to see him pretending to be autistic ANYMORE!!#anyway louis wain is one of my favorite artists and his declining mental health actually did not have any provable effects on his artwork #he continued to paint cats in his iconic style alongside his experimental kaleidoscope cats at the end of his life #and he helped decorate the institution he lived in for christmas over multiple years with happy christmas kittens #he did not 'descend into madness' and even if he was schizophrenic that doesnt mean his surreal artwork would be a product of his condition #to imply that is to pretend schizophrenic people cant be creative and also to discredit Wains range as an experimental artist #his ceramic future cats are proof that he was interested in different styles even before he was institutionalized

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