Dr. Marton, who has a doctorate in psychology and a master's degree in fine arts, has been the director of the museum over the years, about 30 are working here currently. Suffering from mental illness can generate creativity in some people, says Dr. Marton. The creativity comes when people are less inhibited by the rules of society. They're completely free to express themselves artistically. According to Dr. Marton, the Living Museum is a place where people come together to celebrate art.
Modern art is about breaking rules.
Here, there is freedom from convention. Everyone fits in. Everyone has something to say. And personal expression helps play a positive role in one's self-esteem and recovery. The art at the Living Museum runs the gamut from representations of the mind in a psychotic state to the intensely political to the downright amusing.