[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

Having spent many hours appreciating and studying the visual arts, I have to limit my exposure because of a mysterious agitation that creeps up.

I’ve come to understand this agitation as being the result of the conflict between inspiration and frustration. To me, Vincent will always be a hero because he persevered with a singularity of purpose that I find incomprehensible yet profoundly optimistic because, yes, indeed it can be done.

I dated a girl for four years that earned a fine art degree (this was while she was earning it). It helps even the most heathen guy to absorb a little bit of fistication.