Artist didn't realize his painting was inspired by a parasitic worm in his eye

I suppose there was almost a sense of relief ... just because I realized I wasnt going mad, Taylor said of his diagnosis...

While recovering, Taylor began painting again, and while rummaging in his home studio, he came across... the unfinished work he had shelved earlier...

He grabbed his paints and brush and began to finish it. He drew the lashes and the sclera, or the white part of the eye. He painted over the middle, so that the intricate wormlike patterns look like spiraling galaxies disappearing into the dark pupil. He added the worms long, white and nearly transparent images slithering from the eyelids. Untitled became The Host.

"His health had been failing for years. Then he saw something crawling in his eye" (Washington Post)