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From Arles, Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo: “I am seeing a lot of new things here. I am learning, and my body, if treated with a little kindness, serves me well.”

Theo was probably expected to have some knowledge. As an artist, Vincent toiled amongst his paintings. Elaborate charges against Vincent are all that is expected from Theo. And so…

The basic assumption is that a difficult Question has been asked.
You are struggling with one of the most important of humanities. Unfortunately nowhere in Philosophy or Religion can this be learned since there is no place willing or accommodating. If someone failed to convince you they know what you are asking, would you impose on them your answer? I should not have commented, or else I must forgive a person whose transgressions have advanced and whose answer is possible. This is not my discussion because I have not asked the questions. After careful meditation, I have concluded, particularly, that there is some solution a Prior to this possibility.

Then should we thus maintain those whose transgressions must be forgiven as the rank-n-file for an answer, or should we have them as steady but nourishing components of the way?

Vincent van Gogh
Arles, June 1888
Oil on Canvas, 73 x 92.5 cm
F 425, JH 1442
Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller.

Image Citation:
Walther, Ingo, and Rainer Metzger. Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings, Volume II. Trans. Michael Hulse. Oldenburg, Germany: Benedikt Taschen, 1990.