If You’re Going to Get Sick in 2010…

December 31, 2009

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…may you be afflicted with Stendhal Syndrome:

Stendhal syndrome, Stendhal’s syndrome, Hyperkulturemia, or Florence syndrome, is a psychosomatic illness that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art, usually when the art is particularly beautiful or a large amount of art is in a single place. The term can also be used to describe a similar reaction to a surfeit of choice in other circumstances, e.g. when confronted with immense beauty in the natural world.

via Stendhal syndrome – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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