Re: Van Gogh farmhouse
Originally Posted by
Twink55
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If you had visited the gallery in Amsterdam, that only showed his paintings, you would see how much his mental problems were expressed in his work. The day I was there, myself & about 5 other people were wiping tears from their eyes & others said " He must have been very angry/ depressed when he painted that one"
I would think that the sunflowers were painted when his mind was less tormented, because like the rest of us his feelings must have been better on different occasions!
Believe me, there were some paintings where you would have to be blind if you didn't note the despair that he was feeling.
Gosh Twink, that was clearly a very emotional visit for you. It has so often been said that some of the best creativity is born of a tormented mind.
I had a friend many years ago who suffered from bi-polar. When she was on her meds, she could function normally, and people who didn't know her would have no idea of her internal struggles. Problem was when she felt better, she'd
always come off the meds, thinking she didn't need them any more, with the inevitable downward spiral this brought about. She was a poet, and some of best work was written when she was at her lowest ebb. She was aware of this and it caused her despair to acknowledge that in order to reach her creative heights, she had to plunge to her lowest mental depths.