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Friday, 09 June 2006 |
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 I feel a certain kinship with Vincent Van Gogh. For example, did you know he was romantically involved with an alcoholic prostitute? That he was hooked on tobacco, coffee and booze? That his early work was mostly painted in shades of brown? Yes, my tipsy friends, the similarities are eerie.
But they don’t end there. Did you know that Van Gogh actually worked for a large American corporation, in a dark cube near the men’s room, which he really resented? He would often fantasize during long meetings about what the reaction would be if he farted loudly, and his first works of art were actually Powerpoint presentations with clipart figures arranged in pornographic poses. On a recent business trip, he became very drunk in the hotel bar, and the next day, could actually smell his own breath during his presentation. He thinks nobody noticed.
And now, as if to confirm our mystical bond, Van Gogh has appeared to me, in a miraculous tortilla with the edge inexplicably cut off. Vincent Van Gogh: misunderstood genius and a whiz with Excel. |
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