starry night

i just finished reading a 1500 page biography on vincent van gogh. vincent and his brother theo shared almost daily letters , so it is possible that we are able today to write such a detailed biography. the letters themselves however, tell most, but not all his story. his life was hard. very hard. he wrestled with mental health all of his life–back when there was no support, and no sympathy for anyone ‘who could tarnish the family reputation’. anyway, the last 300 pages of the book go into detail about the inspiration and making of his most well known paintings, including starry night. by the time vincent painted starry night, he was having intermittent psychotic episodes. i believe he painted starry night as he truly saw it. not as a stylized abstraction of a night sky. in any case, this is the STILL version of a starry night–caronas, halos and all. my version cost me considerably less distress than vincent’s cost him. then again, in 300 year, vincent’s starry night will not only be remembered and mine will not, but his will be selling for 1 trillion bitcoins, and mine will be free on the internet,

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