Read the excerpt from "why i wrote 'the yellow wallpaper.'" this wise man put me to bed and applied the rest cure, to which a still-good physique responded so promptly that he concluded there was nothing much the matter with me, and sent me home with solemn advice to “live as domestic a life as far as possible,” to “have but two hours’ intellectual life a day,” and “never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again” as long as i lived. why was gilman advised “never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again”?