TO THE INFINITE SPACES OF CREATION - THE INTERIOR LANDSCAPE OF A SCHIZOPHRENIC ARTIST

Of the personal worlds that fall within the domain of geography, the w orld of the schizophrenic is perhaps the most distinctive. Schizophren ics possess a subjective world imagery that reflects their past experi ence, family background, delusions, hallucinations, cognitive processe s, and quests for order. These imageries are, on rare occasions, expre ssed in art. The art of Adolf Wolfli offers a glimpse of schizophrenic images and perceptions and enables us to enter a world otherwise ensh rouded in mystery. Our revelations on the world view of an incarcerate d schizophrenic enable scholars to add a profoundly subjective geograp hy to their repertoire and to their understandings of the most persona l of worlds.