The Lunatic

“The Lunatic”

“The lunatic, the lover and the poet                               

Are of imagination all compact”

Act 5, Scene 1, A Midsummer Night’s Dream 

The Duke of Athens says this in response to the strange magical tale that the lovers tell him. Shakespeare believed that lovers, lunatics and poets are strongly swayed by the power of imagination. 

The lunatic is one with nature. Is she really mad or is the world mad for labeling her that? Aren’t we all a bit crazy in our own way? Why hide it when we can celebrate it under the psychedelic starry skies!