..van Gough

misery loves company, huh...

not really @Kyle1

Laughing Boy

and

Candles

The Netherlands have a deep culture of art of the everyday... going back centuries before Van Gogh ...

Oh dear, why can I not see these pictures? ...

@Appleblossom

@Appleblossom @Kyle1

'Sometimes it's precisely those spots where one no longer feels anything of what's known as the civilized world ... sometimes it's precisely those spots that one needs to achieve calm.' Van Gogh

There is something about this scene that gives me peace every time I see it.

Thanks, Appleblossom I need to broaden my scope of artists I'll do some research 🙂

@Gillie1

Grew up with arty farty stuff. Have Frans Hals copy hanging atm on wall behind me ... done by uncle.

@Kyle1

I do not know why those images did not show. I tried a work around to get file type to take, Sorry. The post looks weird will try diff approach ... vid about the painting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnMXZNUOeXg

 Boy lighting pipe by Hendrick Terbrugghen 1623

I was out for a bit. Just saw your post. Hope you are alright.

@Appleblossom

Thanks for trying. I did get to watch the video though.

My heart hurts. So does my head.

@Kyle1

Sounds like a few heavy things going on.

I could not laugh for a long long time.

No pressure to put on fake happy.

I was just riffing on arty farty.

Sometimes sitting with the reality of the feeling in a physical sense, without judging or denying or trying to change it can help.

I have literally been dispossessed...

It feels like grief will stop my pulse.

I've heard of people dying from heart break ...

@Appleblossom

@Kyle1

Grief can be shifting and high and low energy. Sadly I have had more than my fair share. For you it seems it could very raw. Not sure of your all your circs.

There are many ways to express it. Even "it" seems an oversimplification, as feelings and thoughts and experiences are all wrapped up in each other.

What is authentic to you, is your journey.

I hear you @Kyle1

Pain that profound is hard to sit with and be present with. Pain that profound feels like it will never end. Pain that profound is too often dismissed or washed over or medicalised.

Hang in there.