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Re: psychoceramics: 3 Christs of Ypsilanti Revisted
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- Subject: Re: psychoceramics: 3 Christs of Ypsilanti Revisted
- From: Karl Mamer <k--@i--.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 11:00:15 -0500 (EST)
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On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, N.A.F. McNelly wrote:
> At 1:15 PM 12/19/97, Karl Mamer wrote:
>
> >Where did the subject line come from? Back in my university days I
> >reviewed an art show in Windsor. A Detroit artist was presenting a work by
> >the same title (3 Christs of ...). An interesting piece to say the least.
>
> There's a book called _The Three Christs of Ypsilanti_.
> Ypsilanti is a state mental hospital where the psychiatrists
> tried putting 3 patients, all of whom believed they were
> Jesus, into therapy with each other to see if it did any
> good.
>
> As I recall, it didn't.
Right, I remember reading about that a while back. Basically, each thought
the OTHER was crazy.