"Stendhal Syndrome is a psychosomatic illness that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, confusion
and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art, usually when the art is particularly
‘beautiful’ or a large amount of art is in a single place. The term can also be used to describe a
similar reaction to a surfeit of choice in other circumstances, e.g. when confronted with
immense beauty in the natural world.

It is named after the famous 19th century French author Stendhal who described his experience
with the phenomenon during his 1817 visit to Florence, Italy in his book Naples and Florence:
A Journey from Milan to Reggio."



doesnt sound all that bad to me.


heres a list of shows coming up, tentatively ;
august 15th in ottawa at strathcona park , its a benefit for schyzophrenia i do every year with the lovely madison conlin [link] i'm not exactly sure this is the right date of the thing but i will update this if i got it wrong.
next is a groupshow in ottawa at Canteen , 238 dalhousie , oct 2nd ,with an intimidating lineup, good golly. thanks to juan carlos noria for getting me in there [link] much love.
after that
theres a show in LA at ddr projects and toronto somewhere with them.ca and another in ottawa(hopefully) again, for which i dont have details for as of yet, going to try and get one in mtl too for the hell of it.

see you guys there if i dont have a coronary first.