#bedlamite

[skelleste]

Tom and Maudlin in the poses of Caius Gabriel Cibber's Melancholy and Raving Madness. The real life statues were displayed over the entryway of Bethlem (Bedlam). Digital painting from 2023.

[goetiiavacuum]

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Norman Lindsay ⁣

The Moon’s My Constant Mistress⁣

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“Published in the book Bedlamite Verses of the XVI and XVII Centuries for Tom O’Bedlam.⁣

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“Tom o’ Bedlam” is the title of an anonymous poem in the “mad song” genre, written in the voice of a homeless “Bedlamite”. The poem was probably composed at the beginning of the 17th century. In How to Read and Why Harold Bloom called it “the greatest anonymous lyric in the [English] language.”⁣

The terms “Tom o’ Bedlam” and “Bedlam beggar” were used to describe beggars and vagrants who had or feigned mental illness (see also Abraham-men). Aubrey writes that such a beggar could be identified by “an armilla of tin printed, of about three inches breadth” attached to his left arm. They claimed, or were assumed, to be former inmates of the Bethlem Royal Hospital (Bedlam). It was commonly thought that inmates were released with authority to make their way by begging, though this is probably untrue. If it happened at all, the numbers were small, though there were probably large numbers of mentally ill travellers who turned to begging, but had never been near Bedlam. It was adopted as a technique of begging, or a character. For example, Edgar in King Lear disguises himself as mad “Tom o’ Bedlam”.”⁣

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[skelleste]

Tom doing a little sit. Drawing from 2023.

[skelleste]

Goretober - Bones

Look at these freaks. Sequel to day 1.

[thehostandthefarewell]

"It's gonna be alright.

It's gonna be alright.

Everything will be alright."

- Bedlamite by Puscifer

[mxdwn]

Puscifer Releases New Video for “Bedlamite” Featuring Footage from Recent Arcosanti Live Stream

https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/12/11/news/puscifer-releases-new-video-for-bedlamite-featuring-footage-from-recent-arcosanti-live-stream/

[crankitupswe]

Bedlamite - Kulturhuset, Stockholm (2013-05-17)

[f0restpunk]

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