935 Comments Posted by silkster40z

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!

Where is Frau Blucher ?

Mariposa,
You took the time to write a lenghtly analysis of your opinion / experiences and what you found here written on the board by other viewers. I think perhaps you took what was being said about past practice out of context, I believe the point here is not that people were tortured so much by staff, or doctors, more-so - that there were people who endured the disease (dis - ease) of so called mental ilness and were placed into Asylums to live out their life in a lock down situation.
We, today, look back and see that much of our acceptable behavior might have warranted that we be placed in an asylum in the past... for things such as - having a child out of wedlock, or being promiscuous, abusing alcohol, even being indigent was enough to place you in an Asylum.... this I believe is where the "torture" aspect is being view from..... these people would not have been insane, but at that time, perhaps only different. (that would be torture) Looking at that as a potential in our own lives is a very scary thought. And,,,.. on top of that there were real abuses - as you stated.....

Lastly, I am one of those whom you are amused by, as I myself have looked at a number of Motts pictures and see what appears to be the image of a person in spirit form..... perhaps you need to look at the pictures again.... What exactly would "Motts carefully going on each picture " acomplish? Have you asked Mr Motts if he has seen anything in any of his pictures? There are a few that he says he cannot explain , such as why a person / spirit is staring through a window in one shot he took and another white image in a window of what seems to be a man with his hand over his brow.....
Why would the fact that everyone else sees these images and you don't cause you to chuckle at Them????

Well David.....
"All in all its just A.... Nother Brick In The Wall....

Ed,
never mind the lawn, I wish my windows were that Clean!!!

Anna
Me too, the only thing missing are the cieling radiators!

Motts,
Was this morgue equipment?

ummmm.... wheres the jars of yellow liquid?

Motts,
the windows look blurred out, what caused that effect?

Absolutely beautiful, I love those soft colors!

Lockers for very tall people.

Maybe they colored the wards according to the patient's behavior and not the other way around.....

geezzzz, i wonder what kind of patient got to live in the wards that were painted black (besides Mick Jagger of course...)

This shot looks so amazingly institutional and frightening. I so love that you did this one in black and white, great effect.

Totally favorite Beatles Album of all time! That particular song though.. does get on the nerves just a wee bit.

I truly was taken aback by this shot! stunning!