Dear Reader, It has been too long. I wanted this entry to tell you that I have scans of all my writing about Vincent in my hands, that the truly creative work has begun. Unfortunately, my patience has been tested these past two months in the scanning of hundreds of documents, the resizing and cropping, [...]
Tags: book, creativity, discovery, frustration, Holland, letters, publishing, Research, sacrifice, suicide, theory, writing
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I should’ve done this a long time ago. So here we go, after 3 years of research, these are the primary things that drive me crazy, in order from most obvious to least obvious (but assumed somewhere in the back of people’s minds). If you ever read anything that makes any of these claims, you [...]
Tags: art, asylum, inspiration, love, madness, myth, painting, poverty, Research, training, truth, van gogh
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Johanna van Gogh-Bonger Today I’d like to take a moment to honor one of the most important and most forgotten figures in Vincent’s work and life: Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Lovely, lovely Jo. Jo married Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s brother, on May 2nd, 1889. Since Vincent died July 29th, 1890, Jo only met Vincent on a [...]
Tags: death, Jo, legacy, letters, life, love, memorial, painting, publication, reputation, Research, time travel, translation
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