'Stands of my Lover's Hair' is the story is of a schizo-effective sufferer who is not even very good at being that; subdued to the void and infiltrated by anxiety and torment in a world of obsession. Matthew has written this book, a love story, as a means of coping with his illness. In Matthew's words "Achieving romance, fame, first class degrees, prestigious jobs and glittering accolades is what life is all about....
It is probably the inner expectations we have for ourselves, and I suppose others, that create minds which generally only work properly in the real world. But what about if we do not reach our great expectations? What about if we drift in and out of psychosis? Do the romantic notions of growing up still come to fruition? For me it is when you creatively communicate something that imagination becomes anything other than madness, if you know what I mean. This book is a real investigation of our psychoses- although it is great moment to know that imagination can become real, can it become too...
It is probably the inner expectations we have for ourselves, and I suppose others, that create minds which generally only work properly in the real wo...