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Sep 3Liked by Luka Benegas

Luka many thanks for sharing this insight about creative productivity and mental health. The pandemic was stunning for a long and in a surrealistic way to me. Still.

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Yes agreed, it really took a toll on a lot of people. Thank you for commenting!

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Luca, what a sensitive essay, a fine and thoughtful look into the artist as a whole. Van Gogh was so much more than the sum of its parts, thank you for celebrating this.

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Thank you so much! :)

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Aug 29Liked by Luka Benegas

Tony Curran was marvellous as Vincent in Doctor Who, genuinely moving, my favourite portrayal of Vincent on screen.

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He really was! I think I saw some where he’d consider reprising the role.

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Van Gogh’s tender hopefulness is what makes him such a poignant figure. The Gauguin episode is heartbreaking because he had such high hopes, dashed by his mentor and false friend. Van Gogh’s art has a humanity that’s missing in Gauguin’s.

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loved this!! totally was thinking about the van gogh episode of doctor who the whole time i was reading lmao!

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