“I’m attempting to do dusty thistles with a great swarm of butterflies swirling above them. Oh, the beautiful sun down here in high summer; it beats down on your head and I have no doubt at all that it drives you crazy. Now being that way already, all I do is enjoy it.” — Van Gogh (in a letter, 1888)
Surreal waking up to the bonkers news that Van Gogh’s …