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Image of the Week #49, July 3rd, 2012:
From:Art Asks, Should We Be More Sympathetic Towards Addicts? by Cassie Rodenberg at The White Noise.
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Source:Stephanie Funk
“Split”, by Stephanie Funk, depicts in watercolor the alienation and disintegration of an alcoholic. The artist comments:
Having suffered the loss of friends and estrangement from family members due to alcoholism, I understand that one does not have to use substances to suffer from abuse and addiction.
The work appeared last week on Cassie Rodenberg’s “White Noise” addiction blog, posing the question: “Should we be more sympathetic towards addicts?”