1. How did Albert Fish come to meet Grace Budd?
From a newspaper ad.
2. What are the details that led to Fish's first incarceration?
embezzlement in 1093
3. Give a brief description of the history of mental illness amongst Fish's family.
uncle-religious mania, brother-mental hospital, another brother-died of hydrocephalus, sister-mental affliction
4. What religious activity did psychiatrist Fredric Wertham claim that Albert Fish associated with cannibalism?
communion
5. What do you think about rituals involved in making art? Your art? My art?
we all have a ritual to making art. They are almost unavoidable unless your work involves a different process every time you make art. My work is demands ritual. Every time I wish to create work, there is a series of rituals (photography, animating, editing, etc)
6. What do we gain for knowing someone's motivations?
We can attempt to know someone's motivation, and in that attempt we can decide to empathize or reject their reasoning behind their actions.
7. What role do chance/coincidence play in our intentions?
Chance and coincidence and can make the difference of whether or not our intentions become action.
8. Do you think more importance is placed on an artist or on a specific work of art? Why?
We romanticize the artist and his story and allow that to influence specific works of arts. Everyone loves to hear a good story. Did you hear the one about how Pollock was a drunk? How Warhol was a closet homosexual?
