K-Pax (32 page)
th
e
maste
r
himself.
I
n
th
e
past
,
th
e
emphasi
s
ha
s
bee
n
o
n
tryin
g
t
o
"normalize
"
suc
h
individuals
,
t
o
mol
d
the
m
into
product
s
mor
e
suitabl
e
t
o
society'
s
needs
.
Eve
n
"Catherin
e
Deneuve
"
wa
s
encourage
d
t
o
spen
d
les
s
time paintin
g
an
d
mor
e
tim
e
learnin
g
t
o
dres
s
an
d
fee
d
herself
.
I
f
no
t
cultivate
d
an
d
encouraged
,
however,
thes
e
remarkabl
e
abilitie
s
ca
n
b
e
lost
,
an
d
attempt
s
ar
e
no
w
bein
g
made
,
a
t
variou
s
institutions
,
t
o
allow
suc
h
peopl
e
t
o
develo
p
thei
r
gift
s
t
o
th
e
fullest.
However
,
mos
t
savant
s
ar
e
ver
y
difficul
t
t
o
communicat
e
with
.
Norma
l
discours
e
wit
h
"Catherine,"
fo
r
example
,
wa
s
impossible
.
Bu
t
pro
t
wa
s
alert
,
rational
,
abl
e
t
o
functio
n
normally
.
Wha
t
migh
t
w
e
learn
fro
m
suc
h
a
n
individual
?
Wha
t
els
e
di
d
h
e
kno
w
abou
t
th
e
stars
,
fo
r
example
?
Migh
t
ther
e
b
e
mor
e
ways
t
o
arriv
e
a
t
knowledg
e
tha
n
w
e
ar
e
willin
g
t
o
admit
?
Ther
e
is
,
afte
r
all
,
a
fin
e
lin
e
betwee
n
insanit
y
and genius-consider
,
fo
r
example
,
Blake
,
Woolf
,
Schumann
,
Nijinsky
,
and
,
o
f
course
,
va
n
Gogh
.
Eve
n
Freud
wa
s
plague
d
b
y
sever
e
menta
l
problems
.
Th
e
poe
t
Joh
n
Dryde
n
pu
t
i
t
thi
s
way:
Grea
t
wit
s
ar
e
sur
e
t
o
madnes
s
nea
r
alli'd
An
d
thi
n
partition
s
d
o
thei
r
bound
s
divide.
I
brough
t
thi
s
u
p
a
t
th
e
Monda
y
mornin
g
staf
f
meeting
,
wher
e
I
propose
d
t
o
le
t
pro
t
rambl
e
o
n
about
whateve
r
h
e
wante
d
an
d
tr
y
t
o
determin
e
whethe
r
ther
e
wa
s
anythin
g
o
f
valu
e
h
e
migh
t
hav
e
t
o
tel
l
us
abou
t
hi
s
(our
)
world
,
a
s
wel
l
a
s
hi
s
ow
n
conditio
n
an
d
identity
.
Unfortunately
,
despit
e
th
e
substantiating
presenc
e
o
f
"Catherin
e
Deneuve"'
s
priceles
s
painting
,
ther
e
wa
s
littl
e
enthusias
m
fo
r
thi
s
idea
.
Indeed,
Klau
s
Villers
,
withou
t
eve
r
havin
g
see
n
th
e
patient
,
pronounce
d
hi
m
suc
h
a
hopeles
s
cas
e
tha
t
more
aggressiv
e
measure
s
shoul
d
b
e
instigate
d
"a
t
z
e
firs
t
suitabl
e
opportunity,
"
thoug
h
he'
s
probabl
y
more conservativ
e
i
n
hi
s
approac
h
t
o
hi
s
ow
n
patient
s
tha
n
anyon
e
els
e
o
n
th
e
staff
.
Th
e
consensus
,
however,
wa
s
tha
t
littl
e
wa
s
t
o
b
e
los
t
b
y
givin
g
m
y
patien
t
a
fe
w
mor
e
week
s
t
o
hav
e
hi
s
sa
y
befor
e
turnin
g
him
ove
r
t
o
th
e
pharmacologist
s
an
d
surgeons.
Ther
e
wa
s
anothe
r
face
t
t
o
th
e
cas
e
tha
t
I
di
d
no
t
mentio
n
a
t
tha
t
meeting
:
prot'
s
presenc
e
seeme
d
to
b
e
havin
g
a
positiv
e
effec
t
o
n
som
e
o
f
th
e
othe
r
patient
s
i
n
hi
s
ward
.
Fo
r
example
,
Erni
e
wa
s
takin
g
his
temperatur
e
les
s
frequently
,
an
d
Howi
e
seeme
d
a
bi
t
les
s
frenetic
.
H
e
eve
n
sa
t
dow
n
on
e
nigh
t
and watche
d
a
Ne
w
Yor
k
Philharmoni
c
concer
t
o
n
television
,
I
wa
s
told
.
Som
e
o
f
th
e
othe
r
patient
s
were
beginnin
g
t
o
tak
e
a
greate
r
interes
t
i
n
thei
r
surrounding
s
a
s
well.
