Van Gogo P.S. I hope my silly remark doesn't offend anyone, I was just trying to be silly and lighten the mood here.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	Van Gogo Can't we all just look at the pretty pictures and get along? I like the little sheep on the bottom left who is surfing on top of the crocs face, he's like "whooa I'm surfing" and the croc won't eat him because he obviously has the same eye disorder Little Orphan Annie did! Ok, now back to the bickering and long winded debates, carry on!

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	Van Gogo What is wrong with complementing an artist on their work, sounds like a certain guy has a hair that needs to be clipped from a certain place.

Location: Margate State School  Gallery: Antiquities

	Van Gogo Absolutely, this would make a great oil painting, some of these pictures, especially the window ones, and the more colorful, would make great transparancies too.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 136 & 137 (Medical-Surgical)

	Van Gogo Funny that reddll finds this painful to their eyes, it has the exact opposite effect on me. But then, I'm an artist, I'm weird, and cerulean blue is one of my favorite colors.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 136 & 137 (Medical-Surgical)

	Van Gogo I love this window, great photo!

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 136 & 137 (Medical-Surgical)

	Van Gogo Many, many years ago, in a different time, and life, a friend of mine was commited to this hospital after a bad experience with angel dust. I remember the ward he was on looked very similar to this picture, it was a pretty big place and the architechture was something else, though not as impressive as Danvers.

Location: Worcester State Hospital  Gallery: Silent Creatures

	Van Gogo Actually a Lolita is a kind of slang term for a young, nubile girl taken from the book by Nabokov, about a pedophile who lusts after a young girl.

Location: The Enchanted Forest  Gallery: Through the Fog

	Van Gogo Liam, stop talking about my sister in law!

Location: Staten Island Boat Graveyard  Gallery: Wrecks

	Van Gogo The large box is where the tapeworm lives.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed

	Van Gogo I would cause an earthquake if you put me on that thing, or give myself a black eye! ;-)

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed

	Van Gogo Looks like a souped-up version of a sitz bath, sure could use it for my emerods.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed

	Van Gogo Right, I can just see some mincing little art critic look it over with a critical eye, step back and proclaim, "this work is shit!".

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Van Gogo I could use that kind of support.........getting old aint for sissies!

Location: Metropolitan State Hospital  Gallery: Clarity

	Van Gogo And sewing is very relaxing, so why not? Now fencing.............

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

	Van Gogo I agree Nancy, his photos should definitely be in a gallery, great photography here.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Mental Floss

	Van Gogo The answer is simple Jeremy, Viagra.

Location: Metropolitan State Hospital  Gallery: Clarity

	Van Gogo I know, imagine, blinds, on windows! Just kidding ;-)

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Rhythmic Soundscapes

	Van Gogo People Order Our Patties.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Van Gogo It does look like an android, it reminds me of the robot in the old movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still".

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Into Darkness

	Van Gogo I think it's funny.

Location: Metropolitan State Hospital  Gallery: Clarity

	Van Gogo Arrrgh, the heat, I can't type or think. What I meant to say, "to a mother blah blah" is I think your suggestion of bringing troubled kids to a place like that to "scare them straight" is sick, far sicker than any other conversation on here, especially the ones you are attacking.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Depression

	Van Gogo To a mother who cares, for someone who keeps shooting their yapper off at people on here, I find your suggestion about bringing messed up kids to a place like that to "scare them straight". Your'e a mother allright.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Depression

	Van Gogo Nice stencilwork

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Sunlight

	Van Gogo To answer Tom's question, the Lamb here represents Jesus, He is referred to in the Bible as "The Lamb of God" and so in a place like this that is what the lamb represents. Just so you know, the dove represents the holy spirit. Hope that answers your question. Mrs. Gogo

Location: Salesian School  Gallery: Forgotten Prayers