256 Comments Posted by cas

Lynne - If I were a ghost I'd run away from you.

You mustn't forget that these mental hospitals held mental patients in them. Some patients were a danger to themselves and to others so certain steps have to be taken to ensure that they and those around them are kept safe. The bars over the windows were not a way to imprison someone inside the institution, but were a way to keep them safe from harm. I am uncertain what story this room is at Danvers however even a second story fall from a building can be fatal.

The curtains over the windows were not an attempt to be sketchy but were an attempt to make the atmosphere for the patient more pleasant. You mustn't automatically assume things from how you initially see them.

If you were a patient at this hospital and you were unable to control yourself like you do today would you not prefer that the administration take steps to keep you safe like putting bars over your windows so that you wouldn't be able to just crash through the glass and falling to your death and certain bodily disarrangement? And then wouldn't you appreciate it if they took it a step more and tried to make your settings warmer by adding curtains in your room? I think you would.

So please try not to be so narrow minded and think things through before automatically thinking torture and human destruction.

If it was a question what was it asking?

I dunno... I wasn't born yet.

And you... oh nevermind...

Okay... try to remember it in this order... Turn brain on - Then type... it makes it much easier for the rest of us.

Hmm... I've never seen pant peel off a cieling before... I guess it's another cherry to the wind!

Okay - they didn't come here and then developed mental illnesses, or become "crazy" as you generically put it, generally it was the other way around. That's a lot like saying someone goes to the hospital to get sick rather that the result of being sick. Also when this facility was in use it looked nothing like this. For instance the paint was intact; there wasn't dust inches deep in areas and the windows were not covered with plywood. You must remember Motts focuses on photography involving forgotten and abandoned relics of the past.

I don't know, unless the rats are particularly vocal, there shouldn't be too much to disturb the peace.

I think it's dust.

No - that's just mold and rotting drop ceiling tiles.

Hmm... Speaking of Zing...

Yeah if you do happen to "catch" the vomit in those stupid things - it's very likely you will still spill it on yourself trying to dispose of it.

Yeah - I don't quite get it either. Who said anything that was sexist in nature? What did I miss?

It is a heart. It's not an ice cream cone. That would look more like <O.