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Pronounced "Gatherer", but, hey, it's web 2.0 and we leave the last
"e" out right? Gatherr collects the best of this and that from here and
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My
name is Tony Johansen. I am an artist. I like art and science and
poetry and books and history and technology and lots more besides.
Every day I am excited by the marvelous things I see in this wonderful
world and beyond. I love the Internet for giving me access to so much.
I am like a sponge for wondrous things or things that make me wonder. This site is really just a
scrapbook. Being on the web, however, means being able to share the
treasures I find. That's me, Tony Johansen, artist who likes to share
my excitement of being alive.




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  • Po-mz

    Wonderful poetry collected and shared by Tony Johansen


    • Archive

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    Beethoven’s last action before death was to raise his fist toward heaven and shake it. When we can admire, or at least understand his defiance in the face of the inevitable, Beethoven had a long history of raging arguments, psychotic delusions, falling in love with women he could not have, disappearance without explanation, and other character traits that made it difficult for him to maintain stable long term relationships. In one letter he describes a two year bout of depression and he implores providence for just one day of joy. Bipolar disorder was yet to be described, but reading the story of Beethoven’s life is like reading a list of the symptoms of the disorder as it is understood today.

    Beethoven’s last action before death was to raise his fist toward heaven and shake it. When we can admire, or at least understand his defiance in the face of the inevitable, Beethoven had a long history of raging arguments, psychotic delusions, falling in love with women he could not have, disappearance without explanation, and other character traits that made it difficult for him to maintain stable long term relationships. In one letter he describes a two year bout of depression and he implores providence for just one day of joy. Bipolar disorder was yet to be described, but reading the story of Beethoven’s life is like reading a list of the symptoms of the disorder as it is understood today.