I'm not sure this is true. Art has often been associated with madness, but for a large section (most?) of Western history insanity was viewed as divine, God- or gods-inspired. Never use words like "always." ;)
--- On Wed, 2/25/09, Philip Pilkington <pilkingtonphil at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Big difference between homosexuality and femininity. As I
> pointed out in my
> first post the word pansy was tied up with the word
> "pensive", which is not
> only an "artistic" notion but a highly effeminate
> one. Throughout Western
> history unclear thinking and "imagination" -
> wistfulness, if you will - was
> ALWAYS tied up with either the feminine or pure and simple
> madness.
>