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Vincent Van Gogh, self-portrait

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kohath133

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May 12, 2007, 7:06:28 PM5/12/07
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http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/self/gogh.bandaged-ear.jpg

shawn

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May 13, 2007, 10:47:50 AM5/13/07
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his head was bandaged because he cut off his ear?


THE BORG

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May 13, 2007, 11:08:58 AM5/13/07
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"shawn" <connoll...@starband.net> wrote in message
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The story I heard is that he was trying to paint flowers and clouds and he
could not transmit the beauty to paper.
He was so frustrated at his inadequacy as a painter that he cut of his ear.


Twang - twang

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May 14, 2007, 8:06:13 AM5/14/07
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The button's on his coat are on the left handed side of his jacket?
Thats backwards.
Van Gogh.

Think maybe he sat in front of a miror to paint his self portrait?

Twang - twang

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May 14, 2007, 8:00:48 AM5/14/07
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Starry Night might be famous and popular, okay, its got a lot going for
it.

BUT...but but but.....

While perusing the Van Gogh Collection at the Philadelphia Art Museum,
some few whiles back, I saw one called "Rain".
"Rain" is a picture of rain.
Only rain.
No background.


It might be a view from a lighted window into a darkened night during a
rain.
How can you paint "Rain"?
No puddles or wet sidewalks just Rain all by itself?
Van Gough did it.
I think its more sz then Starry Night".

So did he or didn't he use the blood from the ear in one of his
paintings or not?

I stood there sraring at "Rain" and I was astounded that "Starry night"
could be so famous for being a crazy painting and here was "Rain",
clearly another valid crazy sczer Van Gogh painting, and I had never
even heard of if.

Folks here should find a pic of Van Gogh's "Rain" on the web. Give it a
good peeking.

You can't realy make out what its a picture of except that its raining
and you can see that.

Twang - twang

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May 14, 2007, 8:16:29 AM5/14/07
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He cut his right ear.
Not his left.
Unless he was sitting in front of a mirror.

I've known women who simply never shut up, real pure machine talking,
blah blah blah...
BLAH blah blah..
It never stops.
Even with a real female machine talker I wouldn't give her my ear.

He probably would ave used the cross hand to cut the ear.
Hold a knife in one hand and imagine you were going to cut an ear off to
demonstrate to a true female blabber machine your loyalty and fidelity.
You should note that the right hand holds the nife for cutting off the
left ear, and vica versa.

So was Van Gogh left handed?
He cut his right ear.

The jacket buttons say it pretty clear that the reversal of the buttons
means this was a mirror image of Van Gogh.


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