(TLDW: having a big fight with his painter buddy triggered his preexisting mental illness leading him to self harm)
Interestingly, there’s a theory that many artists’ “madness” was actually a result of poisoning from the highly toxic components in their paint…so that could be another thing at play.
Bosnia, late summer 2000. We’re providing helicopters for a Dutch operation and I’m in their command post watching a movie with their guys. The movie was in English and they both spoke English incredibly well.