Comments on: A Country Hike to Van Gogh’s Asylum https://gutterpupadventures.com/country-hike-van-goghs-asylum/ Travel, Adventure & Photography - at often overlooked places Fri, 03 Oct 2014 22:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: JP Chartier https://gutterpupadventures.com/country-hike-van-goghs-asylum/#comment-810 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 22:28:03 +0000 https://gutterpupadventures.com/?p=1174#comment-810 Would have made for a perfect scene for a Van Gogh painting :)

]]> By: JP Chartier https://gutterpupadventures.com/country-hike-van-goghs-asylum/#comment-809 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 22:27:13 +0000 https://gutterpupadventures.com/?p=1174#comment-809 His work output during his stay at the asylum was incredible. I think just keeping him from chewing on his paint brushes helped his health tremendously, he was known to suck on or chew his brushes while contemplating his next paint stroke – not good for your health or your mental state of mind.

]]> By: Ryan Biddulph https://gutterpupadventures.com/country-hike-van-goghs-asylum/#comment-807 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:27:57 +0000 https://gutterpupadventures.com/?p=1174#comment-807 Hi JP,

Very neat post, both from the images to VVG’s story.

Finding a progressive clinic to treat his mental illness made him a more creative, balanced person, I am sure. In those times, as you noted, many treatments were outright barbaric.

Thanks much. I found this on Triberr and will tweet it soon.

Signing off from Savusavu, Fiji.

Ryan

]]> By: Suzette - TrySomethingFun.com https://gutterpupadventures.com/country-hike-van-goghs-asylum/#comment-804 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 18:56:20 +0000 https://gutterpupadventures.com/?p=1174#comment-804 I love those columns and gardens (last three pics in your post). Looks like a very peaceful, scenic trip.

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