So some woman
threw a mug at the Mona Lisa. It smashed on the bullet proof glass so Mona was unscathed. Big deal.
She was taken away for psychiatric assessment. Again, I guess that's not really blog worthy. What DID interest me was that they are checking her out for
Stendhal Syndrome, a rare condition "in which often perfectly sane individuals momentarily lose all reason and attack a work of art".
This is really a condition? I would've thought it was less a syndrome, and more just a description of a specific, isolated incident. Can it be tested for in any way other than by plonking a Van Gough or Di Vinci in front of them? What if they've got bad taste? Does it apply to music? Maybe that's why Brian Wilson was so affected when he heard the Sgt Pepper album. Is there a cure? Is there a cure?
Sorry Matt. I really wanted to find you something better than this and parpy woods. You deserve better.