The expression dates from the early part of the 19th century. keep oneâs chin up To maintain oneâs courage and resolve, to keep oneâs spirits up, to keep oneâs head held high. This American expression has been in use since at least 1938. Keep your chin up honey.
Vincent (Starry Starry Night) McLean wrote âVincent,â also known as âStarry, Starry Night,â in the fall of 1970, while he was working for the Berkshire School District. He was living in the Sedgwick House, a beautiful Federal style house in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
He painted The Starry Night in 1889, inspired by the view outside of his asylum in Southern France, where he was being treated for a string of nervous breakdowns. One of his most famous works, The Starry Night now hangs in New York's Museum of Modern Art.