Stringing together an arguement.

I have been asked to write a couple of paragraphs that itemize the strands of research, that'll bring together an arguement  for the forthcoming Pecha Kucha presentation.
My chosen artwork are the words by Theodore Garman, that are documented in The Garman Ryan Collection and in The New Art Gallery, Walsall's archive.
After further research on Theodore's mental health, his relationships with family and friends and his strange, yet creative use of words; I will hopefully have a successful critical review on the meanings behind his writing. By looking at various letters sent by Theodore and scribblings he produced throughout many textbooks, I aim to understand and argue his stability and thought process. It interests me how one can create such sinister and negative writings, yet also create pieces that are beautiful and poetic too.

'The weather is simply lovely now. The sunsets and sunrises are so beautiful to look at in the morning and evening.' This is one of my favourite quotes from one of Theodore's letters to his family and friends. It suggests real admiration and romanticism. This reflects his intelligence and portrays that he has a natural gift for writing.

'Health of the body' and 'better state,' are just some of the words and phrases that Theodore underlined throughout his textbooks. These negative words suggest how he may be feeling and how he wishes that he was in a 'better state.' This could mean in a better state of mind, which reflects his suffering of schizophrenia. Above are two examples of Theodore's sinister side and his artistic side. Through analysing and comparing such differences, I intend to create an effective critical review on the mind and words of Thedore Garman.
  

Research Exploration

I have been asked to find three varied pieces of information through research, on Theodore Garman. One being a magazine article, another being a quote from a book and finally a page from an e-resource. This will hopefully allow me to feel better equipped to evidence my Researching Fine Art assessment.  
1) An article from a magazine-

2) A quote from a book- 'In due course he was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia, although the accuracy of this diagnosis was a matter of contention and debate among his family and friends.'  'The Life and Work of Theodore Garman.' ISBN 0 946652 74 0. I chose this quote in particular because instead of Theo being diagnosed with schizophrenia by a doctor, he was instead labelled this by his friends and family. In my opinion this is more important, as these people knew more about him and his life than anyone else. It says a lot about ones attitude if they are described in this way by people whom they are close to. Following this diagnosis Theodore's doctor agreed with the accusations of schizophrenia, therefore it was also professionally diagnosed.

3) A page from an e-resource- After searching Theodore Garman, Jacob Epstein and other similarities, I decided to search for schizophrenia itself. This page explains what schizophrenia is and I find it very useful as I am focussing a large section of my assessment on this illness. (I couldn't figure out how to print screen as I literally repel technology, therefore I used a quick copy and paste of the page).

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Title:

Cerebellar development in childhood onset schizophrenia and non-psychotic siblings.

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Greenstein, Deanna, Child Psychiatry Branch, NIMH/NIH, Bethesda, MD, US, greenstd@mail.nih.gov Lenroot, Rhoshel, Child Psychiatry Branch, NIMH/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USClausen, Liv, Child Psychiatry Branch, NIMH/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USChavez, Alex, Child Psychiatry Branch, NIMH/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USVaituzis, AC, Child Psychiatry Branch, NIMH/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USTran, Lan, Child Psychiatry Branch, NIMH/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USGogtay, Nitin, Child Psychiatry Branch, NIMH/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USRapoport, Judith, Child Psychiatry Branch, NIMH/NIH, Bethesda, MD, US

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Greenstein, Deanna, Room 3N202 Building 10, Bethesda, MD, US, 20892, greenstd@mail.nih.gov 

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Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, Vol 193(3), Sep 30, 2011. pp. 131-137.

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7

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Netherlands: Elsevier Science.

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0925-4927 (Print)

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English

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cerebellum; childhood development; schizophrenia; siblings

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We explored regional and total volumetric cerebellar differences in probands and their unaffected full siblings relative to typically developing participants. Participants included 94 (51 males) patients diagnosed with childhood onset schizophrenia (COS), 80 related non-psychotic siblings (37 males) and 110 (64 males) typically developing participants scanned longitudinally. The sample mean age was 16.87 (S.D. = 4.7; range 6.5 to 29). We performed mixed model regressions to examine group differences in trajectory and volume. The COS group had smaller bilateral anterior lobes and anterior and total vermis volumes than controls. The COS group diverged from controls over time in total, left, right, and bilateral posterior inferior cerebellum. Siblings did not have any fixed volumetric differences relative to controls but differed from controls in developmental trajectories of total and right cerebellum, left inferior posterior, left superior posterior, and superior vermis. Results are consistent with previous COS findings and several reports of decreased cerebellar volume in adult onset schizophrenia. Sibling trajectories may represent a trait marker, although the effect size for volumetric differences in early adulthood may be small. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)

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*Brain Development; *Cerebellum; *Childhood Schizophrenia; *Siblings

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Schizophrenia & Psychotic States (3213)

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Human (10) Male (30) Female (40)

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US

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Adolescence (13-17 yrs) (200)

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Hollings Head Scale Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Third Edition Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale California Verbal Learning Test Global Assessment of Functioning Scale

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Brain Imaging; Empirical Study; Quantitative Study

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Electronic; Print

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Electronic

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Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal

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Journal Article

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Accepted Date: Feb 23, 2011; Revised Date: Dec 21, 2010; First Submitted Date: Sep 9, 2010

Release Date:

20111003

Digital Object Identifier:

10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.02.010

Accession Number:

2011-18149-002

Number of Citations in Source:

52

Database:

PsycINFO

Brainstorming for my Contextual Review.

I have been asked to brainstorm three main ideas for my contextual review. After analysing the reasons why I am interested in Theodore Garman and his work, I narrowed it down to the most inspirational to me.
1) Mental Health-It is apparant that Theodore had mental health issues throughout his life. I find this interesting because the idea of his thought process, his undeniable talent and use of bold colours in his work and his early death.
2) Relationships-In order to dig deeper into his personal life, I will look further into his background and his relationships with family and friends. This will portray his attitudes towards certain people and how he acts as a person. I have photographed and collected many sample of his letters to close ones in his life. This suggests his intelligent use of words.
3) Words-Due to the letters to his family and friends and the written work I have discovered in The New Art Gallery Walsall and its archive, I have chosen to focus on Theodore's use of words. This conveys his illness, intelligence, feelings and ideas. On a whole it sums up Theodore and the way that he thinks.

My first blogging task.

Rather than choosing a specific piece of art work from The New Art Gallery Walsall, I have decided to focus on the background of Theodore's disturbed mental health; by researching his letters and written pieces. I am interested in how dark and deep his writing is due to his diagnosis of schizophrenia, yet there's an unmissable intelligence that is very abrupt throughout. As soon as I saw the first piece of Theodore's scribblings in a book kept in The New Art Gallery's archive, I was captured by his thoughts and feelings. He appears to have led a troubled life, in which I am interested in fully researching. The two photographs above are examples of Theodore's writing, which I find very interesting. The first one "People rifle through your stuff making connections you would not have dreamt of," creates the idea of people making assumptions of personal belongings or artworks of Theodore's, which were incorrect. Many people, myself included can relate to this quote, as everyone interprets things differently. I also believe that this creates a sense of his intelligence and shows how he thinks. The second image "London is London - time is time - money is money - hahaha," is quite a sinister opinion. It's almost eery whilst reading his words, especially after the previous quote. It's almost as if Theodore is revealing what he believes and is laughing at whom ever is reading it. This to me really shows signs of his illness.