Isn't "mental health science" an absolute hoot! Anything that doesn't approach mediocrity or so-called normalcy is regarded as a disorder. Humans must conform to "order" ... Dis order is seen as an error of nature which must be "Healed" Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2012, at 8:05, John Palcewski <palcewski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the > official guidebook for the diagnosis of psychological disorders. The > DSM is published by the American Psychiatric Association, and is > currently in its fourth edition, text revision (referred to as the > DSM-IV or DSM-IV-TR). The DSM-IV includes the symptoms and diagnostic > criteria for 297 disorders, and is based on the most current research > available in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. > > Narcissistic Personality Disorder Diagnostic Criteria: > > Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by the presence of > five (or more) of the following symptoms: > > •Inflated sense of self-importance > > •Preoccupation with fantasies of success, power, brilliance, beauty, > or ideal love > > •Beliefs that he or she is “special” and can only be understood by > other special or high-status people > > •Requires excessive admiration > > •Sense of entitlement > > •Takes advantage of others > > •Lacks empathy > > •Is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her > > •Behaves in an arrogant, haughty way > > > > > > > On 8/9/12, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I was just sitting here wondering how a bunch of adults could be so stuck in >> the past. >> >> I’m not sure where the film is, but I have a CD with PTC written on it. I’ve >> been a little busy since 2001, as among other things I have shot about 8,000 >> rolls of 120 since then. >> >> What have y’all be doing for 11 years? Anything productive and wonderful, or >> is checking in to photoforum the highlight of your day? I’m really curious, >> as photoforum hasn’t figured into any part of my life for more than a decade >> and yet I am here about to be hammered again. >> >> What have I been doing since we last communicated? Oh, let’s see. Travelled >> a lot (28 months in the UK and Scotland without living there), shot almost >> 100 Civil War battlefields in 26 states, shot Normandy for a month and since >> NGS buys their good weather, it didn’t rain during any October day, >> travelled in and to 32 states to shoot various landscapes and then to cap it >> all off, got my left foot amputated due to a medical malpractice event in >> 2010. >> >> I think that about sums it up, but now some folks here are dredging up the >> ancient past (for me) and I am frankly no longer interested. I spent almost >> three years getting over medical stupidities and you guys are still in >> 2001? >> >> Of further note, there are some photos in the gallery and except for one >> which is composed, the others need help. They are grab shots, not well >> composed and just snapshots. Even though digital has invaded photography, it >> still takes an effort to produce a memorable photograph. Just because your >> camera can do things it didn’t used to be able to do, doesn’t mean you can >> take it easy and sit back and say things like “I’ve been told I have an eye” >> when you so clearly are not using it for the photographs you display. I mean >> wake up and smell the fecking coffee!!! Making good photographs is difficult >> and digital cameras haven’t changed that at all. >> >> Now that 11 years is gone by I’m even harder to impress. >> >> >> Jan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Emily L. Ferguson wrote: >> >>> At 7:05 AM -0400 8/9/12, Jan Faul wrote: >>>> Pardon me asking this, but are you gonna cough up the scanning costs? I >>>> bill scans at $50. >>> >>> Send me the film, Jan. I'll take care of it. >>> >>> P. O. Box 525, >>> North Falmouth, MA, 02556 >>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 9, 2012, at 1:44 AM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2012-08-08 20:09, Jan Faul wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I gave the PTC camera and film to the SI years ago and sadly it was >>>>>> >>>>>> rejected. If y'all really have to see the mediocre shots we all took, >>>>>> >>>>>> I can upload them to my web site next week. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, I actually would. I never expected the results to have any >>>>> particular artistic value, but the project as it ended was rather a >>>>> let-down of the energy generated while the cameras were going around. >>>>> Seeing the photos in decent scans would go some way towards closure on >>>>> that for me. >>> >>> -- >>> Emily L. Ferguson >>> mailto:elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> 508-563-6822 >>> New England landscapes, wooden boats and races >>> http://www.landsedgephoto.com >>> HOT OFF THE PRESS! SAILING SEPIA IMAGES VOL II: >>> http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/elfpix >>> Check out my Spring daily photograph project at: >>> http://tinyurl.com/3a6m7g6 >>> And Summer: >>> http://tinyurl.com/22juo5s >>> Autumn now complete here: >>> http://tinyurl.com/26pdgz9 >>> Winter concluded here: >>> http://tinyurl.com/2co5wkg >>> >> >> Art Faul >> >> The Artist Formerly Known as Prints >> ------ >> Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com >> Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com >> Camera Works - The Washington Post >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm >> ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ >> http://www.artiqueunderground.com/artist/69. >> >> >> >> >> >> >
