When I was studying art in high school, the artist who struck me wasn't Monet or Michelangelo. I was impressed by an artist who cut off his ear and put it in an envelope to give to his mistress in a brothel. How would you react if someone lent their ear to you and wanted you to keep it? It would be like Evander Holyfield offering his ear to a person saying, “Wait, this will be worth millions one day.” » This artist was Vincent Van Gogh. I want to compare the oil painting of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" to the words of Don McLean and the lessons they tell. Vincent Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands in 1853. As a youth, he wanted to devote his life to evangelization. of poverty. Van Gogh's father was a pastor and his uncles and younger brother were art dealers, something Van Gogh had failed at before entering the ministry. After a few years as a pastor in Belgium, he decided to settle in Brussels to begin his art studies. Van Gogh, supported by his brother Theo, pushed him to become the master artists known today. Even though Van Gogh was in the Saint Rémy asylum. He continued to write letters to his brother Theo to express his mental war within himself. It was in the asylum that the most famous painting was created. Vincent had a great imagination because he couldn't see the night sky. “Starry Night” shows a night sky with swirling clouds and eleven stars illuminating their existence with a crescent moon standing in bright, alluring motion. The movement in the sky catches your attention as you move your eyes across the painting. Below the hillside horizon is a peaceful aspect of a town with a church and bell tower drawing your eye toward the center of the painting. A huge dark object on the left that sits in the middle of a sheet of paper. You tried to tell me how much you suffered for your mental health, how you tried to free them. They wouldn't listen, they still don't listen. Maybe they never will (The Van Gogh Gallery). McLean tells the story of how Van Gogh struggled with his mental health and showed the world that there is always a different view of the world if you open your eyes. How we perceive simple things in life or nature can make a big difference in art or even life in general, but it's up to us to listen to the lessons. What's really great about this song is that it doesn't just reflect the admiration we feel. McLean has for Van Gogh in such a beautiful way, but it seems to me to be a wonderful expression of gratitude and honors the spirit of the great artist through another medium. The Van Gogh Gallery. January 17, 2008. Templeton Reid, LLC. May 3 2009 .