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Picking Yourself Up

6/6/2015

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"Even in deep misery... I felt my energy revive, and I said to myself: In spite of everything I shall rise again. I will take up my pencil" (Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith 217).
Several months after declaring himself an artist, Vincent becomes more miserable due to his severe dependence on his brother, Theo. Theo was sending Vincent money and Vincent kept on promising him that he would someday pay Theo back. However, his promise didn't exactly work out and this became a cycle of constant guilt and anger. But, after Vincent moved to Borinage, he emerged transformed. His imagination had been revived and he had decided on an ultimate goal.  He wanted to transform his "inner sorrow" into works of art.

I think it's kind of admirable that Vincent vowed to rise up again after suffering so much. I think that with every obstacle we face, we become stronger. I feel like it's important to learn from your mistakes and bad experiences.
With every sad moment I have, I try to rise up and learn from my mistakes. When I failed a math test, I was really depressed and disappointed in myself. I was miserable and I felt like I was a failure. But, I ended up learning from that event and I made a promise with myself to study harder. In the end, I learned from my mistakes and I transformed my frustration into hard work. I think it's the same with Vincent. His depression was killing him, but he tried to revive himself and become a new person. After all, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." ...Except the rising up thing doesn't really work out for Vincent and he ends up dying later on, uhh.

But hey, here's the question of the week!: After a big fall, are you able to rise up again?


My reading progress so far:
Annnnnd, I'm done reading! I think this is the last blog post of the assignment, so it was a good run! This book was a 900 page monster and I only read about 200 pages. I really, really procrastinated this week because I was busy worrying about the Macbeth test (which was really hard by the way). How did you guys do on that test?
 
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Justin S. Period 6
6/7/2015 01:52:59 pm

I, too, believe that we should turn our frustrations into something meaningful. Frustration is a strong emotion and should be channeled into something beautiful. I get really frustrated when I can't hit a high note on my Viola. At one point, I wanted to smash my Viola because I couldn't play a feature in Brandenburg Concerto No.3. But through my struggles, I learned something extraordinary. This changed my style of playing and my sound resonated like never before. We both have similar problems and we made use of it by improving in that skill and becoming a better person. I believe that, with the right drive, you can turn your frustration and anger into something magnificent! Like always, your post is meaningful to our lives and conveys something we should learn from. I hope you continue reading and post on your blog in the summer so I can learn more about Van Gogh and his somber life.

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Luann H- Period 2
6/7/2015 02:01:55 pm

Hey! Soo I don't do well with this whole falling and rising up thing. Most of the time, I just beat myself up and feel stupid...but I do agree with you, learning from our mistakes is the best way to go :) Yes, we all fail sometimes but there's no point in changing the past when we have the future to work on. Anyway, thanks again for another wonderful post! I will miss reading your blog every week; I seriously look forward to them every Friday/Saturday at 11:59pm ;)

P.S. I really admire your setup because it's so simple and neat! Something I have to learn...

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Teresa V. Period 6 link
6/7/2015 03:55:42 pm

Mistakes are so hard. They're hard to recover from and they're harder to accept and move on from, but I think that with time (sometimes a whole lot of time) anything can repair itself. It takes effort, mentally AS WELL AS physically, to tell yourself that you can "get out of bed today" and "its over its not hurting you anymore" but as soon as you can learn to do it right, it'll be okay.
So I do believe that you can rise again from any fall. Everyone is strong but it'll depend on your willingness.
And also, on the topic of the Macbeth test, I was actually so worried about my drum major interview that I actually couldn't focus on it at all, haha. I know I did pretty well on it though thanks to our 2 hour study session.

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    Vyvy

    ah yes van gogh i love the way he just [clenches fist] lets that van go
    also im sorry my posts are awkward weeps

    **thanks Teresa for helping me with the music player

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