Letter by Vincent VanGough to his brother, Theo

We have read two letters from Vincent VanGough to his brother, Theo. The first one is quite funny in terms of the way he wrote that letter. He advised his brother to have a very good appetite and eat bread a lot. Towards the end of the letter, he asked his brother to send his regards to anyone that know him. Well, this might seem usual to anyone but the way he wrote it appears to be hilarious to me. However, through this letter we can see how close these two brother’s relationship. They concern about each other and they also share a strong passion in art. In the second letter that we learned, we discovered that Vincent was ill but he promised to his brother to act like nothing happens. His keen and passion towards art is clearly seen when he said, “People like me should not be ill. I would like to make it perfectly clear to you how I look at art. To get the essence of things one must work long and hard. I want to make drawings that tough some people”. To me, an artist is also a thinker because he/ she presented their thoughts through art. But their real challenge is to present their thoughts in an understandable manner because not all people can appreciate art (drawing) since it is very abstract. Only those who have interest and knowledge in art can appreciate their work. The same thing goes to literature. Those who study literature will see the beauty of language because they are exposed to various kinds of literary works but those who do not know literature at all will simply claim it is boring and difficult. This is not wrong but only a different perception that one has on certain thing.