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Skriven 2006-01-24 23:21:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ROY WITT
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-=> Quoting Roy Witt to Frank Scheidt <=-

 RW>>> If it's the self portrait without ear, that's a jillion dollar
 RW>>> baby...I wonder what drug he was on that made him do that?
 
 FS>> That was merely a fictional story, that he cut his ear off with a
 FS>> razor.  The fact is that van Gogh was in a hurry to get to the
 FS>> office one morning (he had slept late) and cut off his ear while
 FS>> shaving.  Too bad they didn't have safety razors or electric
 FS>> razors in those days ...
 
 RW>> No, no... It was one Starry Night when he donned his Grey Felt Hat
 RW>> and left his House in Arles. He crossed the Meadow with Crows and
 RW>> ended up at the Cafe Terrace, where he met The Potato Eaters, who
 RW>> were, for some odd reason, nibbling on Sunflowers. They invited him
 RW>> to The Old Church at Nuenen for sunday services, but he told them he
 RW>> was already a member of The Church at Auvers.
 
 RW>> Leaving his Chair, he crosses Place du Plume and waits in The
 RW>> Entrance Hall of Saint Paul Hospital for the Postman, Joseph Roulin,
 RW>> to help him put on his Shoes and Laces.  It was at this time that he
 RW>> decided to go through The Wheat Field, where he met Two Women at
 RW>> Arles and together they went to The Red Vineyard.
 
 RW>> Having drunk way too much wine, they all take a midnite Siesta.
 RW>> Waking up a few hours later, he sees that he's alone but there are
 RW>> Three Pairs of Shoes and no women. Noticing that it's getting late
 RW>> and seeing the Starlight Over the Rhone, he heads for home.
 
 RW>> On the way he meets a Sheep Shearer who lures him off to a Night
 RW>> Cafe with a Pool Table, where they play and drink until the sun
 RW>> comes up. Being a poor loser, his ear is severed by his angry
 RW>> opponent. Stopping off at Dr Paul Gachet's place, he gets it
 RW>> bandaged up and goes home to paint a Self-Portrait with a Bandaged
 RW>> Ear.
 
 FS> Wow!  I hadn't known *any* of that.  However it helps explain a
 FS> lot.

 RW> ;o)
 
 FS>> BTW I *don't* have *that* van Gogh.  Mine is barely worth *one*
 FS>> million ... (or *was* until I burned it) ...
 
 RW>> I just burnt the two flower paintings I had...they were dead and dry
 RW>> anyway.
 
 FS> Yeah.  You can to to any discount store and buy a painting of
 FS> flowers with the frame and glass thrown in for $9.99 and up
 FS> depending on how large a picture you want.  Forget about van
 FS> Goghs ...

 RW> Even cheaper is to take a picture of the flowers in the park with a
 RW> digital camera and then print them out on you computer's printer. I
 RW> paste mine to the back fence, so it looks like I have a flower garden
 RW> out there. ;o)

I wonder if Van Gogh did that with many of *his* paintings ... 
the poor guy didn't have a scanner and/or digital camera probably 
...

... Conventional wisdom, isn't.

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