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Mountains at Saint-Rémy

I don't think I've seen this painting before, but I really like it.

From the Guggenheim website:

During the years preceding his suicide in 1890, Vincent van Gogh suffered increasingly frequent attacks of mental distress, the cause of which remains unclear. Mountains at Saint-Rémy was painted in July 1889, when Van Gogh was recovering from just such an episode at the hospital of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in the southern French town of Saint-Rémy. The painting represents the Alpilles, a low range of mountains visible from the hospital grounds. In it, Van Gogh activated the terrain and sky with the heavy impasto and bold, broad brushstrokes characteristic of his late work.

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Bo Burnham is a genius

I remember watching Inside by Bo Burnham during the pandemic and being very impressed by his creativity. This is right up there with that, a genius mix of comedy, storytelling, revelation, and music.


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