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Showing Original Post only (View all)In 125 Years, Millions Of People Have Looked At This Painting. No One Really Saw It Until Now. [View all]
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http://www.upworthy.com/in-125-years-millions-of-people-have-looked-at-this-painting-no-one-really-saw-it-until-now?c=upw1
Curated by Alisha Huber
I'm not easily impressed, OK?
I know Van Gogh was a genius. If the point of this were "Van Gogh was a mad genius," I would not be sharing this with you.
But I found this and I thought, "Oh, what a vaguely interesting thing." And then I got to the part about the Hubble Space Telescope, and, let me tell you: Mind. Blown.
We've got the set up here, but you have to watch the video for the full effect. It's all the way at the bottom.
MUCH more at link you should look over first.
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In 125 Years, Millions Of People Have Looked At This Painting. No One Really Saw It Until Now. [View all]
Omaha Steve
Nov 2014
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The description at the end reminded me of Barbara Ehrenreich's book "Living with a Wild God."
Jim__
Nov 2014
#3
I like to disorient my students by telling them that their senses are not there
tblue37
Nov 2014
#15
being a genius and having mental issues seem to frequently go hand in hand. n/t
FourScore
Nov 2014
#12