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Dr. Gachey with foxglove, 1890

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.

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

when lizzo said "self love is survival" and when hannah gadsby said "do you understand what self-deprecation means when it comes from somebody who already exists in the margins? it’s not humility. it’s humiliation" and when mitski said "i used to rebel by destroying myself, but realized that’s awfully convenient to the world. for some of us our best revolt is self preservation"

YOU WROTE THE RULES. READ THEM. 

Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018)

Holy shit this is an amazing and powerful Netflix special. I don’t usually recommend things on this blog that don’t feature people of color, but this will resonate with marginalized people beyond white lesbians. Seriously, it’s SO GOOD.

Nanette says so many good things about the nature of hate in this special that i feel comfortable enough saying that her words really do support all marginalized people. she definitely does not go all white feminist. she actually starts the special talking about how other lesbians have given her a hard time about her work. 

NICE!