Ear

I didn't know till yesterday, that Van Gogh's ear mystery was solved. He cut it off himself. Some speculated his ear was cut off during a fight.
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I have his ear in a storage box, I was told it was his, cost me a whole euro so I believe it.
Me too Maps, but the ear I have is from when he was a boy
I never knew there was even a doubt that he cut it off himself



Unless he had a particularly bad barber
Welcome back, Nota hug
Still not a doc?, good grief man its taking time!, But our Van Goghs ears must be real.

Molly, word on the street is that he didnt cut his own ear off after drinking large amounts of Absinthe, but did have an altercation with someone, The only witness was a Mrs. Ena Fenetra who was the subject of the fight.
I was not there (unless I have a very old mono brow profile pic)professor
A guide at the Van Gogh museum once told me that he tried to cut off both his ears. It seems he was very ill, had high fever and he began to hallucinate. confused
Hiya Molly! Hi everyone.
Doc! You making one comment and leaving for a week, again? Lol. Stay and play!!!!
Naw,Saint Peter took it off!laugh
Actually I thought it were common Knowledge that Van Gogh cut his own Ear off!grin
Yep conrad his mind worked so different, (i will not label him mad) he just thought outside the box. If he had not we would not have some of his fab paintings drawings
This Van guy died 127 years ago and people still go on about his ear, sure he could paint a bit, but I wonder If I hacked my ear off would people be blogging about it in the year 2144?, I think not and yet I can paint.
Map grin what about your head attached to said ear laugh laugh devil

laugh sorry just first quip that came into my head.

Long time no see, now we just need to see your etchings rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Red, Welcome back from wherever you went, I shall donate my head to you when I kick the bucket.

Etchings are a bit old fashioned, I'm now into painting stick figures in caves using blood and ground up beetles for colour.
wow now that is a new art, I am trying my hand at Pyrography, slowly does it but i have to cover my smoke alarm.

anyway i am no artist but copy a picture and trace onto wood then do the deed with different nibs. will be a good Winter hobby,

Then if you show me yours blushing grin i will show you mine rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
I was drinking in a bar one time, and I noticed Van Gogh dow the other end looking a bit down... So I yelled out- Hey Van! you want a beer? ... He says- nah, I'm right, I've got one 'ere...
Map, you don't want to be van Gogh, sure he's famous NOW but he never achieved fame or even decent recognition in his lifetime. wow

I didn't even know there was a mystery about his ear. wow And by the way he didn't cut it ALL off. Just a chunk. Just sayin'
Then there's the scene in Blue Velvet... do it for Van Gogh...
what happened was, Gogh and Paul Gaugin had one of their biggest feisty argument. Paul left the flat, Van picked up a razor blade, he followed Gaugin, but whatever in Van Gogh's mind he cut off his own ear.

and where was the clue of his own madness? Was found in California. The doctor that treated Van Gogh ended up in California. There was found doctor's own drawing of Van Gogh's ear, the drawing shows his ear only his lobe survived the cut. Today that drawing or a copy is part of Van Gogh Museum.

This was the work of author Bernadette Murphy, took her 7 years of her investigation and to solved that mystery.


Her book is called. Van Gogh's Ear. 2016
You should read his version of it sometime grin
Van Gogh version? he didn't put it in his letter to his younger brother.
"Ears" to Van Gogh hey? (By the way, he was also a stonkingly good painter)...
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