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do u think van gogh was happy?
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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:34 PM Author: Out-of-control abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#28861372) |
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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:36 PM Author: slate mood No. Troubled by fits of insanity, frustrated by his inability to sell a single painting, dependent on his loving brother's largesse, struggling to realize the FEELING of his subjects, no, not happy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#28861387) |
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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:38 PM Author: Out-of-control abode eh, but ur saying he was frustrated, he was troubled, he was chemically imbalanced. but do u think deep down he was just like man im doing it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#28861408) |
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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:40 PM Author: slate mood He was absolutely like "man I'm doing it. I cant do anything else. I'm doing this. And it's work. And I'm working. Fuck it." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#28861420) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM Author: laughsome library great op & subthread
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:05 PM Author: laughsome library This is an interesting and complex question. In the modern sense of the word, I’d probably say no, fundamentally, Vincent was not happy. But when I think about him, did I see him during his life in periods—even if fleeting—of deep fulfillment and contentment? Yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49687988) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:42 PM Author: Hot sanctuary tank (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49689084) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:15 PM Author: geriatric site was a bit emotional standing in front of his last painting knowing he killed himself moments later (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49688038) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM Author: laughsome library He was painting Tree Roots that morning just a couple minutes walk away from the inn. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49688182) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 10:56 AM Author: laughsome library https://www.vincentvangogh.org/assets/img/tree-roots-postcard.jpg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49688787) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:13 PM Author: spectacular locale affirmative action Is this true? I’ve been the Van Gogh Museum and seen it. I didn’t know this detail. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49690581) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:15 PM Author: laughsome library It’s not. He worked on Roots that morning but he wasn’t actively painting when he shot himself (or was shot) that evening. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49690588) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:46 PM Author: histrionic orange ladyboy stage the cheesy smiling sense, absolutely not
but artists rarely are, and in any case with his psychological makeup any other course of action/outcome would have been much worse |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 1:15 PM Author: Pontificating coral pocket flask happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49689232) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:15 PM Author: laughsome library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49689652) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:50 PM Author: Pontificating coral pocket flask some of his greatest works were painted inside an asylum from memory-- tortured soul through and through https://darksky.org/news/van-goghs-starry-skies/ |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 5:00 PM Author: laughsome library When he was in the asylum, counterintuitively perhaps, it gave him a significant sense of stability, although he would eventually grow tired of the other patients many of whom were struggling with that much more serious issues and were unreasonable to interact with. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49689967) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 6:02 PM Author: histrionic orange ladyboy stage xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49690120) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:10 PM Author: laughsome library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49690571) |
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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:09 PM Author: Razzle underhanded gas station love of her life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49691594) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:00 PM Author: boyish blood rage degenerate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49689786) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:08 PM Author: Pontificating coral pocket flask "Great men suffer greatly, and great sufferings are not to be regretted, because they are noble." -Nietzsche (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49689814) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:12 PM Author: boyish blood rage degenerate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49689832) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:19 PM Author: Topaz heaven (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49689848) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM Author: laughsome library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49689961) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:11 PM Author: laughsome library “To me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Certainly the most popular great painter of all time. The most beloved. His command of color the most magnificent. He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty. Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy and joy and magnificence of our world … no one had ever done it before. Perhaps no one ever will again. To my mind, that strange wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world’s greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived.” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49690576) |
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Date: February 24th, 2026 5:53 AM Author: histrionic orange ladyboy stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49691005) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM Author: spectacular locale affirmative action Fuck no. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49690579) |
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Date: February 24th, 2026 6:01 AM Author: comical salmon nursing home Wasnt his whole schtick that he was abjectly miserable 24/7/365? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49691006) |
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Date: February 24th, 2026 9:25 AM Author: laughsome library If you’re in Amsterdam this spring, please enjoy this new exhibit we’ve put together, exploring Vincent’s evocative use of yellow throughout his art:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/arts/design/van-gogh-museum-yellow.html |
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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:03 PM Author: histrionic orange ladyboy stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49691579) |
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Date: February 24th, 2026 10:18 PM Author: laughsome library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49693195) |
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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:41 PM Author: laughsome library Going back for 4.4 days. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49699806) |
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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:42 PM Author: boyish blood rage degenerate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310796#49699814) |