I was ecstatic to see you in person Vincent.

dress by selkie,

Van Gogh himself was a smoker and he painted this when he was in ill health. More information in the link in comments.

i am very inspired by mr gogh after we covered his life in my french class, learning of all the rejection and disappointment he was dealt in his life definitely mde me see him in a new light. knowi ng he never got to experience much romantic love or appreciation is such a shock to me bc his art speaks volumess even thrnogh a short glance, the wy the color and imagery communicates emotion is rare thru thorough investigation.

I’ll describe the moment when i first really took into appreciation how valuable his art became to me, only a few days ag o I took a moment to really look over his work, starry night, with the background knowledge of it being one of his last pieces before his death at only 37, also knowing of his repeated mistreatment throughout his life. i looked into the painting and felt a profound separation or loneliness, the colors were so expressly communicative, much displaying to his condition at the time. the tremendous colorful sky is not able to reach the town below it, I think an expression of not being able to fully reach and connect with the people b elow it. The church behind it a solemn, almost silent witness to his struggles .We learned he was religious, soo I thinkk it also symbolizes something deeper. His connection to God, the one force in his life that he clung to even when everything else was held back,standing amidst the chaos of his mind untouched by the turmoil that cannot be seen by anything or anyone else.

It truly reaches me and inspires me in a way that other works or artists have donne ver y rarely, to be able to see yourself in your surroundings,, and convey that through a canvas is remarkable to me. i believe starry night ght was his magnum opus, as once he completed his b lifes work, to convey the magnitudes of what must have been going through his mind, he died leaving the rest of the worl d of a masterful depiction of his mind. it’s almost as fate took him away to the next stage in his life knowingg he h ad finally been able to satisfy his greatest desire,so he had nothing holding him back tied to his emotions here on Earth.

After coming to this conclusion i am able to find myself having a higher sense of appreciation for the complexity’s of this world, it give s me a new perspective to look into myself and everything else in my life. I hope thatt those here can also appreciate my appreciation of van goghs art if you also have the same admiration. i tired very hard to also express my words artistically.

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More about it here.

https://youtube.com/shorts/09WakJl09J8?si=mtLA_lAa6mrZc-bK

I’ve been coming back to St. Augustine for the past two years in hopes of finding this little guy. He’s always been sold out, he’s a fan favorite since his ear is detachable. This time they had all of my favorites, Poe, Darwin, Shakespeare, Tesla, etc. I wore my Van Gogh shirt for good luck and I guess it worked!

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the story is I visited Paris once in Dec 2023, I wanted to visit Van Gogh grave so much as I am a half-baked oil painter myself, and his style motivates me a lot. But in Paris I had a fatigue (really tired and exhausted) for some reasons then I could not visit the cemetery. I am from Vietnam, in 2023 I was working in Norway, now back to Asia for good, so I think I'm not gonna have a chance to visit Paris in the next 5-10 years or even my whole life. This irrtates often, specially whenever I paint. So, it's gonna be great if someone can send me videos (best if video call) the area when Van Gogh was living in the last months of his life, the hospital, the village, the grave. I understand there are several videos on Yt, but I prefer it this way.

Thank you guys.

From Eupedia, the website that gives the history of different types of male y chromosome and which ancient civilizations they are associated with. This is an excerpt from J2, of which Van Gogh was a member: "There is a distinct association of ancient J2 civilisations with bull worship. The oldest evidence of a cult of the bull can be traced back to Neolithic central Anatolia, notably at the sites of Çatalhöyük and Alaca Höyük. Bull depictions are omnipresent in Minoan frescos and ceramics in Crete. Bull-masked terracotta figurines and bull-horned stone altars have been found in Cyprus (dating back as far as the Neolithic, the first presumed expansion of J2 from West Asia). The Hattians, Sumerians, Babylonians, Canaaites, and Carthaginians all had bull deities (in contrast with Indo-European or East Asian religions).

It is now commonly thought that Van Gogh cut off his ear to mimic the plight of a wounded bull, as bullfights made a deep impression on him.

Interesting how ones ancestors continue to speak through them.

This painting comes from a series of 15 canvases that Vincent dedicated to the subject of olive trees during his stay at the asylum of Saint-Rémy-de-Province, where he committed himself after suffering a series of breakdowns. When free to wander the countryside, he explored the region's olive groves. "The murmur of an olive grove," he wrote to his brother Theo, "has something very intimate, immensely old about it."

This was found on a t shirt at a thrift shop. Looks like some version of a starry night, could be by Van Gogh or someone else who wanted to add a city? Or am I stupid and this is the original version of the painting and the one I’ve seen is different? I know nothing about art so someone knowledgeable please help me

The Doctor Who episode made me think of this question, If you could tell Vincent one thing, what would it be?