In 1962 the film critic Manny Farber published the provocative essay «White Elephant Art and Termite Art,» in which he distinguished two types of artists: the White Elephant artist, who tries to create masterpieces equal to the greatest artworks of the past, and the Termite, who engages in «a kind of squandering - beaverish endeavor» that «goes always forward, eating its own boundaries and, likely as not, leaves nothing in its path other than signs of eager, industrious,
unkempt activity.»
In addition, Dr Bateman's team will test whether compensating for the lack of
Unkempt activity can prevent the neurological problems that develop in a mouse model of TSC.