To have a round robin mind is a curse to any absolutist. When objections come from one’s own head to any positive thought or sincerely held belief it is no wonder that I want to avoid company.

R. de L. 

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The term “outsider art” was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for “art brut” (French: raw art or rough art),a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by those on the outsides of the established art scene such as insane asylum inmates and children.

While Dubuffet’s term is quite specific, the English term “outsider art” is often applied more broadly to include certain self taught or “Naive art” makers who were never institutionalised.Typically, those labelled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions.In many cases their work is only discovered after their deaths. Often outsider art illustrates extreme mental states, unconventional ideas, or elaborate fantasy worlds.