Whenever I present my lecture, “The Legacy of Vincent van Gogh,” I include a very telling and insightful exercise.  First, I have the guests in attendance look at Van Gogh’s paintings “Starry Night” and “Sunflowers.”  Then I ask them to shout out words describing how those paintings make them feel.  I hear words like “cheerful,” […]

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