Description
LIVES WITHIN A LIFE is a novel chronicling the onset and
progression of schizophrenia upon the central character. The
complexities and symptoms of the disorder are described with great
clarity as more and more of the character's mind and ensuing
behaviour are affected. Relationships and their significance are
explored during the evolution of a spiritual journey, culminating
in a cataclysmic finale.
Creative release, taking in the visual, literary and musical
arts, illuminates the narrative. These elements and their influence
convey the hidden beauty and compassionate nature of the lost and
forlorn. The multi-layered intricacies of psychosis reveal an
individual experiencing the truly extraordinary.
As the illness gains momentum, all aspects of its effects on the
inner psyche become apparent in a uniquely descriptive manner. An
existence encompassed by nightmares and demons, a life bringing new
trials, which unearths the essence of the human condition, and the
instinct to survive. The climax has its own twist and play on the
perception of reality, bringing the novel to a powerful and
inspiring conclusion.
ALL AUTHOR PROFITS FROM THIS PUBLICATION WILL GO TO SUPPORT SANE
- A CHARITY THAT HELPS THOSE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER SERIOUS
MENTAL ILLNESS.
About the Author
Robert Bayley is a writer, composer and artist. For most of his
adult life he has lived with paranoid schizophrenia. This has
resulted in long periods of hospitalisation as the illness has
ravaged his life. The persecutory voices and visions bombard his
every day existence, causing him to descend into the hell of
paranoiac despair. A myriad of medicinal treatments have been tried
to keep the symptoms under some form of control, with the archaic
major tranquillizers bringing horrendous side effects, to the
current use of atypical neuroleptics. These work with greater
precision, and so contribute some relief. This allows the author to
capitalise on periods of positive and intense creativity. He has
studied the visual arts, incorporating film, photography, ceramics
and art history. He is a multi-instrumentalist, and composes and
records music combined with spoken prose that conveys the horror of
psychotic bombardment.
His creative endeavours are a method of coping with disorder
and extremes, and his work, in whatever genre, attempts to
articulate this. To tap into, and extract the profound nature of
suffering, is what motivates Robert. His desire is to describe and
transform that torment into constructive and inspiring realms. The
words, chords and imagery are his tools.
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