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ElfGrove: (she/her) Cosplayer, Plush Maker, Feminist, Polytheist, Panromantic Ace, Speedster Fan, General Purpose Animation and Mythology Geek, GLTAS Fantern Mama Bear
Most folk around here just call me Elf or Elfie.
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water---damage

Dr. Gachey with foxglove, 1890

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dovewithscales

Some of Van Gogh’s best work was done during a period of his life that he spent in a hospital being treated for his mental health problems. I could be wrong but I think Starry Night was among those.

This is consistently the case. Creators tend to do their best work when they are in a healthy place and receiving proper treatment and not being self destructive in their efforts to cope. Go figure.

All our experiences, good and bad, inform what we create, but suffering is not the price of great art. Suffering is what prevents artists from completing great art.

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redshoesnblueskies

(I bring to mind this @tkingfisher / Ursula Verson quote about once a week <3)

#vincent van gogh#Hannah Gadsby#Ursula Vernon#mental heatlh
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If ONE MORE PERSON says “What if they’d medicated Van Gogh!?” I think I’m permitted to set things on fire.  If they’d medicated Van Gogh, he’d either have painted twice as much, or he’d have been happy and unproductive.  And you know what? Starry Night wasn’t worth a terrible price in human misery. It’s neat. It wasn’t worth it. Sometimes I wonder if being an artist makes me jaded to ART. Because it’s not magic and it’s not mystical, it’s just paint or pixels.  And it can do amazing things! But you don’t owe humanity to be miserable just so you can move paint around in interesting shapes. Jesus.  Art is not some kind of Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas bargain where you agree to be miserable so everybody can go “oh! Neat!” for 5 minutes.

Ursula Vernon, dropping the mic.  [x] (via magdaliny)

#quote#mental health#art#vincent van gogh#Ursula Vernon
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