<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=123941.msg5452706#msg5452706">Quote from: DTW on 09-11-2011, 22:18:11</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br/>Dick nodded , actually enjoying a conversation with one of his classmates for once.<em>"I find Van Gogh to  be quite interesting though I prefer Gaugain to him. Do you know that some historians suggest that van gogh did not cut his own air off but that Gaugain did in a fit of rage during a fight between the two? It's also been suggested that him ang Gaugain were lovers."<br/></em> Richard informed Aki before hearing her apology. <em>"Oh it's quite alright. Everyone gets nervous on the first day."</em><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Aki smiled a little more, still looking away as she was always nervous of eye contacts. "I enjoy his use of color...and yes, I had heard of that. I still prefer to think he cut it off himself to send to his lover. A bit morbid but still fascinating. What one has to be thinking when they are willing to do such a thing to themselves...." she said thoughtfully.<br/><br/>"But yes, I have heard it. It is probably the more likely of the two. Still, the emotional impact of the self afflicted injury seems to draw more people to him than a fight that was hushed up." Aki's grinned deepened a little and she briefly looked at Richard for a moment before looking back down. It was always nice to speak to others who valued the beauty of Art.