hmmmmmm van gogh was in and out of the nut house for most of his life wasn't he? and I thought he cut off his ear to give it to his prostitute gf? Am I thinking of someone else.........
Thus the romance. My wife heard that story and said that I wasn't romantic enough to do that. I asked her if she was comparing herself to a hooker and the convo came screeching to a halt.
Yes, but back in his day I don't think insane had the same meaning. I'd probably be in a nut house back then
I had a friend that was very interested in Paul Gauguin. She had an out of print book that was unknown to the library of Congress that had some interesting takes on Gauguin and Van Gogh. It said that van Gogh had a homosexual love for Gauguin and that when he was accosted by the drunk van Gogh for said homosexual love that Gauguin did indeed beat him up, and the ear was lost in the fight.