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For 53 years, John Kapellas frolicked underneath the bright sky of the American West but one day he started to burn, blister and break out in rashes when his body was exposed to light. Now allergic to light, Kapellas has spent the last decade living in darkness. When one side effect of the drugs John was prescribed made him 'go nuts,' he started drawing gigantic abstract pictures on his wall.