A Glimpse Inside the Dizzying Psyche of Daniel Johnston

A Glimpse Inside the Dizzying Psyche of Daniel Johnston

A drawing by Daniel Johnston (image courtesy Daniel Johnston Trust, all others Maya Pontone/Hyperallergic) I was in my second year of college when I first heard about the alternative folk artist Daniel Johnston. It was the fall of 2017, two years before his death, and a classmate I liked wanted to show me a song. On his laptop, he opened an album from September 1983 titled Hi, How Are You with a black-and-white cover featuring a simple line draw…