It is somewhat odd that so many people spend so much time an energy reliving the life and thoughts of Vincent Van Gogh when he died over 120 years ago and nobody much cared what he thought when he was alive. There are many people alive today who have an inner life that is just as rich and fertile as Vincent Van Gogh but nobody even knows that they exist. Sad really. Why spend time getting to know a dead person when so many vital living people today are totally ignored and forgotten. Strange life...
I read Letters to Theo, and was inspired by Van Gogh's strength of character at one time. It is odd that he has attracted so much attention after his death. When the woman who posed for Manet in his famous painting Venus Exposed was also a painter. Curiously, not a single painting she created has survived to this day. Not one. Just an interesting thought.
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William Schaeffer
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