“van gogh ate yellow paint because-” he was suicidal, karen
“If Van Goah had antidepressants, we wouldn’t have his artwo-” We’d have a lot more of his work, Karen, and who the fuck cares about what we get from him he deserved to be well, karen.
“he cut his ear off for a woman because he lo-” because he was mentally ill, Karen.
Love van gogh but the whole severed his ear for a lover is historically incorrect. It was a story he told to protect his friend who actually cut his ear off during an argument (though believed to have been an accident). In fact from witnesses of the time writing about it, Gogh attacked his friend first who then used a knife in defense.
But it more so does show that Gogh was mentally ill seeing as he attacked his friend in a sudden unreasonable rage.