Kyle1Senior Contributor
..van Gough
I know why van Gough painted in swirls:
he was trembling as his paint dried all the way up...
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..van Gough
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Gillie1Senior Contributor
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@Kyle1
Do you know why he liked yellows, stars, sunflowers and such?
Because the antidepressants he was prescribed in hospital made his perception of yellows more vivid.
Are you painting atm?
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
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@Gillie1 is that true, 'bout the yellows?
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Gillie1Senior Contributor
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Yup 🙂
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
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@Gillie1
no, I don't paint.
I was being metaphorical...
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
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Ha ha @Kyle1
Metaphorical ...
Colloquial ...
Watching paint dry ... takes a while ...
Interesting @Gillie1
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Gillie1Senior Contributor
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@Appleblossom thanks 🙂 I have random facts floating round in my brain but can never remember the specifics. Or where I heard them.
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
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I was genuinely interested @Gillie1
oh random facts .... what sticks and wot does not... weary sigh. lol
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Gillie1Senior Contributor
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@Appleblossom
He is my favourite artist.
Not because he had a history of mental illness, which he experienced most of his life.
He reproduces the essence of whatever he paints.
He strips away the reality and gets to the experience of the scene, the spirit.
He was the first to really capture that for everyday people living everyday lives. they aren't all pretty but they are all moving.
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Kyle1Senior Contributor
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"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together"
Vincent van Gough
@Gillie1 @Appleblossom @tyme
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
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@Kyle1 @Gillie1 @tyme
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/potato-eaters.jsp
Not pretty but beautiful in conception.
