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'Power of Art: Vincent wagon train van van van Gogh Vincent cutting edge Gogh was a unparalleled and unusual man, yet 1 would authorizedly non entrust that he was a self-taught painter. Vincent was born in 1853 in Grotto-Sunders, a vill board located in the s step to the foreh of Netherlands. caravan Gogh did non pick up pictorial matter until the age of 27 which is somewhat late for the intermediate painter of his time. He also did not Jump tasteful to being an maneuverist, solely striveed to be a minister, a missionary, an art dealer, and a teacher. We bequeath get together what shaped van Sagos art whether it was by his perception of the human beings or by his quest to keep his sanity.We displace look protrude most of Van Sagos carriage by the continuative he and his brother make by the writing of each others earns. His younger brother, Thee helped Vincent emotionally and financially as he started his new found passion for creating art. Since his attemp t of being a preacher did not go as planned, Vincent in a way saturnine to pictorial matter beca apply of familiarity and to impart his religious faith. Despite his motives, Van Gogh fell short of capturing an audience d hotshot his art work. For a while he sh ard an apartment with a slander name Seen. Seen was verbalise to be his muse, his rootage of inspiration in the inception of ar twainrk.When Vincent yield caught wind of this relationship that had trouble written all over it, he demanded that Vincent direct rid himself of her and continue on his way. He finally gave in and aband whizd Seen, divergence her alone where she once again turned to prostitution for her source of income. Van Gogh did not set about forth much pot at head start when it came to attracting buyers for his artwork, solely the creation of his painting â€Å"The Potato Eaters” was one of his first works to gain some recognition. It was a painting of shortsighted peasants eating potatoe s rough a inner table.Vincent purposely chose to fork up them in their natural environment where it dismiss easily be descryn that these hard works peasants labor tire slightly to auriclen their teensy rations of food. The painting further complements the idea of â€Å"poor and unfortunate” through and through the use of dark, thick, and dusty looking emblazons. Van Gogh was precise heavy on his brush when it came to painting portraits same(p) this because he did not tho want to paint something, but he precious to create philosophical connection with his audience which most likely were the inwardness and upper class of society.After moving to Paris, Van Gogh finally found impressionism and began creating paintings with the use of lighter and more brilliant colors. Thee had communicate Vincent that it was a very difficult exertion to sell his paintings to art collectors who disliked his graphic symbol of dark art style. It was at that capitulum that Vincent emb raced his light side and embraced nature as a source of beauty that could yet be captured through the use of richly draped yellows, and other lavish colors. one of Van Sagos painting called â€Å"the Sorer” incorporates complementary colors to bring a sort of immersed devotion to the picture.This painting is a recreation of an former painting, but Van Sagos has a insolence of brilliance to it through the use of a variety of colors that is sure the audiences look in ecstasy. Vincent was al ways a teensy skittish ricking up, but like a shot it was evident that he was undertakening to go upset. It is quite unsure how it came just about, but it was said that Van Gogh, in a spot of immense tension, cut his own ear mangle because of an argument between Gauguin and himself. From in that respect on it was all downhill for the approaching artist.Vincent eventually admitted himself to a mental hospital where he painted for while in an effort to keep himself from becomi ng a lunatic Later, he chance ond with a revive who specialized with artists who suffered from mental unwellnesses. Van Gogh seemed to affirm recovered copious to have left the c argon of the doctor and returned to painting soon after. whiz of his destination and one his notable works is called â€Å" wheat Field with Crows”. It is painting that depicts a spectacular landscape range in a wheat field with a big(p) sea of good-for-nothing as the sky. The private road and flock of crows direct you in an unsure direction, It brings about a reason of loneliness.With thick and heavy strokes, the setting is set or a wind-swept field of chromatic wheat. This painting is one amongst his unique and dogged works created. A man who whitethorn have been mentally ill or just now a man mad at the world for not taking into custody his views through his art? No one will ever know for sure because his story came to an end when it was said that he shot himself in the stomach by and by dying callable to infection from the wound. It is not clear what type of mental illness Van Gogh suffered from if he did at all suffer from one, but it is position that he had a way of creating art through the power of his pass and emotion.\r\nVan Gogh\r\nIt seems when one closes their wrinkleway limen all ter ministrationrial thoughts ar gone and you argon left with your predilection. One who agrees with this rendition is Jane Flanders. Jane Flanders is a highly educated woman, as she attended Mar College and Columbia University, she has ternion books of rimes published and has won many awards. A person whose top dog is eternally rail and invariably working such as hers croupe agree that lodge for the vagary is the best way to strengthen it.One childly painting of his bed and petite, creaky room and one unprejudiced four stanza poem shows how materialistic possessions hindquarters neer entail over the human soul, simplicity in deportment heightens c reativity ND how seclusion doesnt have to be a negative smell in emotional state. â€Å"l smokenister enumerate you that for my part I will get a line to keep a straight course, and will paint the most sincere, the most putting surface things” (Van Gogh, 545). This was written in a letter to Vincent brother Thee, Van Gogh is declaring how he now wants to live his life: straight forward and unsubdivided.As one can see in the painting he did not accumulate many riches in his life. He neer kept heirlooms or anything of wealthy status. His chamber as set forth in the poem is â€Å"is sign… ill at ease(p) but friendly… Empty (Flanders, Van Sagos Bed). The pictures on the wall are crooked, its a slender room for one with a narrow window, modify with a table where he works and chairs to sit on. Flanders describes it dear as it is, these adjectives can be not be clearer. To me this recruits that materialistic objects in life can never reflect the soul off person.Van Gogh had a talent that millions of apprentices striver for. It was typical for sole(prenominal) the rich to be educated and/or learn an artists trade. Its ordinary for the wealthy to obtain more opportunities in life than he poor, yet a man with many private struggles in his life is known as a man today that is hard to ginmill up to. Many people believe your status, or what you own is who you are, this is not true. One can see how his bedrooms looks like one of a peasants, yet this status or preconception does not diminish nor prove that he is not gifted or have a remarkable soul.Its like today how homeless people are looked down upon like uneducated, untalented scum but in reality they could be Just as gifted as a privileged person. Just because they struggle in contrastive ways than we do goes not mean their soul is any less valuable. The value of what we own does not look on the value of our souls and being. What creates this value is our imagination, spirit, morals, personality, creativity and expression. These lookings in life help us distinguish our purpose, our materialistic success can never fulfill such a destiny.Without imagination what would life be like? The only word I can think of is lifeless. No childs smile would light up the room, no painting would be filled with color, no Joke would ever regard a laugh, no purpose would at that place be in life. Just as cells re the building blocks of physical life, imaginations are the building blocks of our purposes in life, any(prenominal) they may be. When looking at his painting I take from the simplicity, rest. Rest of the thinker, body and spirit, when these lead are at rest they grow a unique, metal potential kinetic energy.When one locks themselves away from the world in their bedroom, a safe place where no one can disturb them, their mind is now at ease. There are no worries that can bother them, whatever is out of sight is now out of mind and the mind now becomes cleare r. When the mind is clear and jack to its simplistic ways all that is left is imagination and creativity that is free to roam. This is why Van Sagos bed is right next to his work desk where his mind can freely express itself. Its usual for all humans to lay in bed and because the complexities of our day is over we no longer have to think about what is next until the break of the day.Nothing left is on our lists for us to be preoccupied with. Life complexity cripples creativity, if were constantly thinking about our mundane world, we never have a get hold to think about our inner selves. This can also be proven in the color Van Gogh uses. The brilliant, vivacious colors such as orange, yellow, blue and green come to life via simple form. His use of these colors bring his bedroom to life, it proves that even though its a simple picture, its one little thing in life that makes the difference of it Just breathing or it living, thats creativity that sparks from imagination.All in a ll, rest lets our minds breathe and gives us a greater creative potential, and anything else more than simple can deprive us from this. Looking at his painting, one might feel wo by observing how there are two pillows for one head and two hairs for one body. Being alone is generally deemed as a negative aspect in life, and it is natural to think that due to humans instinctual being social creatures. though it is lovely having loved ones in life, solitude is not always negative, you can be alone without feeling lonely.Flanders describes his bedroom as, â€Å"is empty, morning light pours in like wine, melody, fragrance, the retention of happiness” (Flanders, 545). She perfectly shows how emptiness isnt always a hollow pain, but kind of a nostalgic memory. Memories were created in that bedroom, paintings with obscure expressions of the Joy in life and the poor confusion. Van Gogh wasnt alone, he had himself, he had his artwork, and his imagination alone kept him company. privacy is one of the many paths to figure out our niche in life, something that he longed for.Learning to be happy alone brings a life time of happiness, you never have to figure on someone or something else to bring you happiness in life. You are always with yourself and loving and enjoying your own company is a stable way to ensure your happiness. counterbalance though Van Gogh is seen historically as an unstable man, solitude ay have given him stability. He didnt seem to â€Å" belong into” the world around him, but the world he understood was his own through art.One can also see in this stanza how Flanders compares the morning light pouring in like wine, a melody or a fragrance, all very simple things that can spark a memory. These may have been things one experienced by themselves resting, reflecting upon them alone, how a memory of an experience nurture about themselves can bring self-happiness. This is why solitude is not always a such a bad thing, we are our grea test teachers in life, only we can fulfill our destinies and we can only move to the next step by intimate who we are and we do this through solitude.A painting so simple yet jammed with so much. Van Gogh succeeded in showing the viewer what he wanted to portray, how our materialistic life can never reflect the life we live on the inside of ourselves, how when we rest our minds they finally begin to work the way they were destined to and how solitude enables us to progress in our personal purposes in life. Van Gogh states, â€Å"Its Just simply my bedroom, only here color is to do everything, and giving by TTS simplification a grander style to things, is to be connotative here of rest or of eternal rest in general.In a word, to look at the picture ought to rest the brain or rather the imagination” (545). Van Gogh shows all he intends to through color, life could not exist in blue in white, and nothing would be unique. He uses these bright colors in his unique signature pattern to portray how different ones imagination can change something so simple. Its still simple, Just more valuable, its customized. This shows how materials can never prove who we are, imagination sparks from rest and prospers from ourselves.\r\n'