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The canvas has an idiotic stare

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Shaun Usher
Mar 30, 2021
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It’s Vincent van Gogh’s birthday. Or rather, it would have been, had he not died long ago. But you get the idea. The letter below can be found in Letters of Note: Art, a gorgeous little book which I love with all my heart, and beneath it can be found a brief but magnificent excerpt which can’t be found in the book, but which I love just as much. Don’t m…

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