K-PAX-Planetary System by MagikUnicorn
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Description
In 1990, a white male is picked up by the New York Police after being found bending over the victim of a mugging at Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan. After having responded to the police questions with somewhat strange answers, he is transferred to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation. Although not physically ill, he is found to harbour a strange delusion: that he is from a planet called K-PAX in the constellation of Lyra. The patient, who calls himself "prot" (intentionally lower-case to reflect the insignificance of an individual life form in the universe), is eventually transferred to the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute (MPI), where he becomes the patient of Dr. Gene Brewer.
Prot is extremely fond of fruit, which he eats during each session, including banana skins and apple cores. He tells Brewer that he is 337 (Earth) years old, that he has visited Earth often, and that on this visit he has traveled to most of the world's countries for the past 4 years and 9 months. He has a good sense of humor (during their first session, he says, "But don't worry - I'm not going to leap out of your chest," an allusion to the film Alien). Brewer discovers that prot also possesses arcane information about astronomy, which, later, astronomers become very excited about; prot appears to be a savant. Prot also claims to understand most human languages (at least enough to get by) as well as the languages of animals, including whale song, and the apparent gibberish of some of the schizophrenic patients.
Though prot's dialogue is usually satirical, he turns out to be highly suggestible and easily hypnotized. Once Brewer learns this, real therapy begins.
Brewer, with the help of a journalist named Giselle Griffin, discovers that prot may be an alter ego (the result of Multiple Personality Disorder) of Robert Porter, whose life has been devastated by the murder of his wife and child and his subsequent killing of the perpetrator. Brewer speculates that the name prot is "derived, presumably, from Porter."
When prot "returns" to his own planet, Robert Porter is left in a catatonic state. However, Bess (another patient prot had promised to take with him) disappears along with a box of souvenirs prot has been collecting.
Prot promises to return in "about five of your years."
Comments (26)
VIDEO ABOUT K-PAX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4XxWoKT7ks
OH wonderful !! It make me think at a passage between our dimension to another through the energy of a black hole !!
This is AWESOME!!! Just love it!
cool
Un design d'une grande finesse, superbe image!
Graphisme et couleurs sont splendides !
EXCELLENT Fantastic work....!!!!
Fantastic creation !!!
Beautiful.
Awesome Sci-fi story and fractal visual. Great job Magik !
Magik, ce est une image colorée et étonnant que vous avez créé. Je ai apprécié la lecture sur (prot) et l'apprentissage sur le système K-PAX-planétaire. Ce est un conte fantastique. Je ai toujours plaisir lorsque vous présentez productions éducatives comme celui-ci pour nous. Merci pour le lien vers la vidéo.
fabulous image and very interesting commentary/narrative
Very, very interexting, love the image. X
WOW... AWESOME creation and composition !!! C'est image est vraiment fabuleuse cousin !!!
wonderful fractal and presentation
Espetacular fractal meu amigo adoro os detalhes e cores.impressionante história será que" Prot " é louco ou realmente é de outro planeta?++++++++++++++5
marvelous image
Nice idea, very well done!
An amazing render, Real! That's quite an interesting story - sometimes you have to wonder...
A spectacular creation Réal and amazing colors. Also enjoyed your narrative!
Beautiful image and wonderful story! Gorgeous work!
fantastic.
Est-ce que ça sort du cerveau de Prot ? Du bien beau boulot sur les fractales, comme tes précédentes images, cousin.
Beautiful!
Cool story and a beautiful creation!!!
Magnificent.