Some artists reach for the heavens, inviting us on boundless and fabulous journeys. Swept away by excess and grandeur, they draw us into parallel universes that they continually expand and complicate, filling thousands of pages while reinventing history, geography, science, and language. Adolf Wölfli, one of the most emblematic figures of this kind, testified: “There is so much to do! You simply cannot imagine how much one must rack one’s brains not to forget anything. If one were not already mad, one would surely become so.”
For his part, Achilles G. Rizzoli, builder of metaphorical cathedrals, spoke of the “supreme mystery,” beyond all naming. Yet behind these extravagant explorations often lies the darker side of a personal catastrophe. Megalomania transforms it into a triumphant act of creation.

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