Silence
(C) Mridu Khullar
If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. – Vincent Van Gogh
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I'm an award-winning freelance journalist based in New Delhi, India. I've written for Time, the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Global Post, Ms. magazine, the Christian Science Monitor and many others. I'm a contributing editor at Elle, India and I've also contributed to the books Chicken Soup for the PreTeen Soul II and Voices of Alcoholism. In November 2010, I was named Development Journalist of the Year at the Developing Asia Journalism Awards Forum in Tokyo.
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They say that, while he was alive Van Gogh never sold a painting. Who wants to be a successful, wealthy, highly praised corpse? I mean, who?
Beautiful pic…
Cheers,
Neeraj
Fair enough. But at least he put aside self-doubt to create something that he wanted to, which I think is what he’s suggesting here. The success or lack of it, of those creations are a completely different matter, in my opinion.
Thanks for the compliment!