Oct 24, 2017
Can the art hoe side of tumblr please stop romanticising Vincent Van Gogh’s suicide attempt? Gogh ate paint because he knew it was toxic. He didn’t do it because yellow was a pretty, happy colour and he didn’t think eating it would make him ‘happy inside’. He did it because he wanted to die. The medical notes of Dr Peyron, Vincent’s physician, reveal that Vincent wanted to poison himself by eating paint, which is why he wasn’t allowed into his studio while suffering from an attack. Can we stop with the ‘find your yellow paint!!!!!!’. Suicide isn’t pretty. Mental illnesses aren’t beautiful. Depression isn’t to be sought after. Stop romanticising.
