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North Pole South © Rita Draper Frazão

Adília Lopes, Alexander McQueen, Antonin Artaud, Beethoven, Munch, Ingmar Bergman, Jaco Pastorius, Jim Carrey, Kurt Kobain, Lizz Brady, Nijinski, Plato, Van Gogh, Virginia Wolf, and many others.

If you're a fan of the work of any of these persons mentioned above, know that they do, or did it, side by side with mental disorders, that temporarily or permanently marked their lives.

I think their contribute is great and very much needed for a better world. Long live their work! 

My tribute to them is this picture, taken some years ago. 

Its title is related to the bipolar disorder - and is a reminder of the Mental Health's Day, the 10th of October. The color and light contrast and the in between position of the portrayed, enounce the loneliness, the borderline and the bipolar topics.