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11/11/2016

Topic Reading-Vol.1675-11/11/2016

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
The real reason Van Gogh sliced off his ear
Artists are very sensitive and naïve. Also, many of them are vulnerable to fear of losing things or people they adore. These often pressure them to unusual behaviors or conducts, obsession or even suicide. Beethoven’s excessive love to his nephew, Shuman’s suicide and Van Gogh’s ear slicing to name a few.
Why did the great Dutch impressionist slice his own earlobe? Why the left not the right one, or both? There have been a lot of questions and guesses about this mysterious conduct that happened the night before Christmas Eve, about a year and half before his death by suicide. Was that part of ending his own life?
Enjoy reading this new guess work by an art expert about this long disputed mystery.

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