In The Shade Of All His Sunflowers And The Shadow Of His Stars Comments

We visited a Vincent Van Gogh exhibit—he happens to be a favorite of ours—and as we stood mesmerized in the shade of his sunflowers and the shadow of stars I was struck by the pain, the suffering and the sorrow in this brilliant artist's mind…and the joy he has given to others by the art he left behind.

And it made me think, as I observed in his art the different methods he'd employ, at the relationship there is between one's suffering and one's joy.
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