Why Create Art When No One Will See It?
Fritz Kistel was a reclusive artist who produced a body of work so fabulously unproductive—in the capitalist sense—that I can’t help but admire him: He created for himself.

[Outsider artists] create art “as a way to realize their inner vision and to deal with the possible trauma or hardship that they’ve lived through.”
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Liam Greenwell is a teacher and writer, currently based in Mexico City and originally from Cambridge, Mass. You can read more of his work at liamgreenwell.com.
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