Any time I’m teaching , especially if I’m teaching children, I always ask a trick question. And I tell them that it’s a trick question. I’ll hold up a magic marker and say, “can you all see this?” Of course they will nod or say “yes”. And I’ll say, “no you can’t see this. You can see the light bouncing off of this, but visually, you are not able to go to this object. The light has to come to you.” And I can prove it. If we come back here at midnight, and turn off all the lights and Read more »

We know a great deal about Vincent van Gogh’s life from the letters between him and his brother Theo. Van Gogh was the son of a preacher and Vincent preached early in his career, but his intensity and devotion to his flock proved too much for the church hierarchy. Today Vincent is a revered, somewhat Christ-like figure to many artists and art lovers. In his lifetime he sold one painting only. Vincent lived and worked with Paul Gauguin for three months in 1888. They would paint passionately and argue about art passionately. One time Gauguin said to Vincent, ” you Read more »