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Senior Cats Prone to Hypertension
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Why Cats Groom
Separation Anxiety in Kitty Cats
Dog vs. Cat People
Frankie the Thieving Cat
Just for Fun
Cat Sliding
Cat Artist Louis Wain: No, cats didn’t drive him mad.
Orangutan with a Pet Cat
Cooper the Kitty Photographer
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I was reading a fluffy cat book recently. Not hairy, but, you know, somewhat fluff. It was about famous cats. And I read that artist Louis Wain (1860-1939) went mad because he loved cats so much.
That just didn’t sound right to me.
Of course, this guy is gone and psychologists may never be able to correctly diagnose him now, but many doctors believe that he suffered from schizophrenia. That’s an inherited disease often triggered by stress — not cats!
Wain’s later works are considered good examples of schizophrenic art. Here’s one:

What do you think? Does this painting show mental illness?
Sure enough, …read more