Blog #8 (5-9-17)

Now that I'm done with The Madman's Daughter, I can focus on my Genius Hour Project fully. As far as research goes, I was able to find another account that seems reliable and more descriptive. The source is https://academic.oup.com/schizophreniabulletin/article/32/2/209/1899556/Kurt-Snyder-s-Personal-Experience-with . Kurt Snyder experienced symptoms of Schizophrenia starting when he was 19-years-old, and it fully developed when he was 28-years-old. It began when he learned about fractals and infinity in school; he thought he would be able to make a discovery that the world didn't know. Snyder spent many years trying to decipher the problem that would lead to his success. He literally thought of nothing else, other than this. But, little did his brain realize that this was all a trick. When he turned 22, he began to think that "them" were after him. Thoughts of being watched haunted him. Things like events, police tickets, and security cameras was associated with "them". Snyder even believed that his life was all just virtual reality. At 28, he no longer had the mentality to keep working. Everything looked like it was working against him. He had many psychotic incidents throughout the years. To add to that, his mind couldn't wrap around the fact that he was sick. It took a while before Kurt Snyder actually began taking medicine. The drugs gave him side effects. He experienced depression and akathisia, which is a feeling of restlessness and anxiousness. However, taking the prescriptions changed his life around. He was able to become a firefighter, and the illness was basically gone. The whole time, the people around him actually supported him; this made things a lot better. This journal gave me an idea of how trapped Schizophrenia patients feel; they thought everyone was conspiring against them. Also, Kurt's strong feelings of "believing" he wasn't sick gives me a large idea of how their brains think. It thought that they were normal, while others weren't. At last, for my song, I have made many improvements. I was able to get others to add input to my first verse and chorus, so I was able to change some lyrics up and tweak notes. Currently, I am in the process of perfecting my middle verse as well. The middle verse will focus on how trapped people with Schizophrenia feel. For Hallelujah, I have decided to not pay as much attention to it; it can help me, but the difficulty of it prevents me from worrying about composing. A new thing that I have been pondering about is rapping. Rapping, in a way, can be considered ranting. In my case, it will really get through what I want to say to the audience about those with Schizophrenia. I want to add rapping, but it will depend on the beat and vibe of my song. It may not be appropriate to add a rap into this song. My goal is to finish the song by the end of this week. 

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