Comments on: A hermit’s 15,000 page work of beauty

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:14:41 +0000

The musical artist Sufjan Stevens actually has a short musical interlude dedicated to this story on his album, The Avalanche.

By: Ernie

Ernie — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:54:38 +0000

The pictures show great individuality, but I have to say the story sounds like a complete puddle of drivel, along the lines of Hubbard’s Mission Earth series.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:32:44 +0000

I highly recommend watching “In The Realms Of The Unreal.” I’d say “fascinating” is a perfect word for it; the whole situation completely blows my mind. Darger clearly had some problems stemming from his childhood (which they outline in the film), and the way it comes out in his artwork is so unbelievably vivid and detailed, that it’s hard to even fathom one person creating it all. In my opinion, his body of work runs circles around the work of most “normal” artists of the 20th century.

By: Marco McClean

Marco McClean — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:11:36 +0000

You can learn about Henry Darger’s life and see a great deal of his work animated (!) in the brilliant little film, In The Realms Of The Unreal.

By: Omega

Omega — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:56:34 +0000

this is absolutely fascinating…is it being shown anywhere?

By: rico suave

rico suave — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:42:09 +0000

amazing what a bit of time to oneself and a creative imagination will be able to produce. like the homeless of today, he scavanged around for what he could use to fulfill his passion in life