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Oct 18, 2023·edited Oct 18, 2023Liked by JM Smith

A beautiful tribute to your brother. It seems to me that the artist is closer to the essence of the reality that there is a larger life than the one that reduces us to producers and consumers and the price of the knowledge is sadly sometimes mental affliction.

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Once more your writing has driven me to tears. Your brother sounds like a kindred spirit to me, though I've never been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I know what a terrible disease that is though. For myself I would only say that I'm very empathic, I feel others pain, Weltschmerz too. However, my abiding thought I'd that I will remain positive. The news is always full of the worst of humanity, but think about it, that's in the hands of a few thousand people and there are billions of us. In my experience in everyday life, people care and they're decent.

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Is there a website or somewhere to see your brother’s artworks?

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Sadly no. The majority of his work is in the possession of his widow who has mental health issues...

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