Flight from Darkness
Monday, April 7 at 9 pm
Percy Paul began his journey in a remote Dene community in northern Saskatchewan, a place where far too often alcohol and violence were close at hand. Despite these circumstances, he excelled in school and sports, eventually proving himself a world class distance runner and gold medallist. Within a few short years, Percy found himself at Princeton, working alongside one of the world's leading authorities on string theory, black holes, and quantum field theory. But all this changed when he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He believes that the disorder allows him access, through manic states, into creative thought patterns. The curse is the resulting depressions that endanger his life.