“In 1909, a 30-year-old mother of two named Emma Hauck was admitted to the Wiesloch asylum in northern Germany after having been diagnosed with dementia praecox. She began writing desperate letters to her absent husband Mark in this dense and overlapping text. Mostly the letters just say “Herzensschatzi komm” (“Sweetheart come”) over and over; sometimes they simply repeat the plea, “komm komm komm,” (“come come come”) thousands of times. None were sent. They were found in the archives of the Heidelberg hospital, and later collected in the book Beyond Reason Art and Psychosis Works from the Prinzhorn Collection.” World of Wonder

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“In 1909, a 30-year-old mother of two named Emma Hauck was admitted to  the Wiesloch asylum in northern Germany after having been diagnosed with  dementia praecox. She began writing desperate letters to her absent  husband Mark in this dense and overlapping text. Mostly the letters just  say “Herzensschatzi komm” (“Sweetheart come”) over and over; sometimes  they simply repeat the plea, “komm komm komm,” (“come come come”)  thousands of times. None were sent. They were found in the archives of  the Heidelberg hospital, and later collected in the book Beyond Reason Art and Psychosis Works from the Prinzhorn Collection.” World of Wonder