"I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create."
"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."
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That sounds like what Van Gogh was saying. He will not commit himself to Christ.....that would be too 'common', wouldn't it? I know artisans and musicians, AZRON.......their biggest fear, in all of life, is to 'fit in' to anything that might define them.
Isn't it so sad that he thought he could "do very well without God" in his life? So sad. Personally, I don't understand how people wade through this life without Him. It seems too hard to me. People tell me that Jesus is a 'crutch'. Well, YEAH! Broken people NEED a crutch, don't they? I guess too many don't want to admit that they are broken......either that or they do admit it but think that they can fix themselves and won't admit that they need help. I don't understand it. Then again, among all of my failings and weaknesses, hubris was never one of them.
Thanks for the comment.
I re-read Van Gogh's quote after reading your comment. It seems to me that Van Gogh didn't realize that his gift of creating was given to him by Someone greater. You are right in noting that his creative genius was his God, his Higher Power.
So many people refuse to admit that there is Someone greater than them. It takes humility to remember that we are not the creators of our existence or of our art (whatever that is for each of us).
Thanks for stopping by and entering into some thinking about this 'tear' of the human soul.
ron