Hallucinations and Identity
Oliver Sacks speaks about a patient he had in the past who was experiencing hallucinations, which would later be discovered to be Charles Bonnet Syndrome ( hallucinations for the visually impaired). In the video, Dr.Sacks is talking about how this patient would describe her hallucinations. She found them repetitive in nature, which then focused later on her identity, and how that is perceived as the bigger picture. This follows in connection to Franco Magnani’s repetitive nature of painting Pontito and obsessing over Pontito, this elaborates on his true identity that the seizures brought out within him.