Art and Insanity

The stories behind Cherylle Booker’s sculptures - Chicago Reader The Judy Istock Butterfly Haven at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is one of Cherylle Booker’s cherished sanctuaries. A fortress of butterflies and solace that never fails to soothe her soul. “Every time I go there, I reach out my hand, and a butterfly lands on me,” Booker recalls. “How co...

The wasband always said over explaining makes you look guilty and any time I tried to explain something (usually in a panic to make him understand how something was, trying to head off the inevitable argument and punishment) he’d cut me off and call me a liar and get even more angry. I’m still trying to unlearn all that.