I'm going to tell you the story behind what Nige has done.
Vincent" is a song by Don McLean, written in the seventies as a Tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is also known by its opening line, "Starry Starry Night", a reference to van Gogh's painting Starry Night. The song describes different paintings by Van Gogh. Don McLean wrote the Lyrics in 1971 after reading a book about the life of the artist.
The following Year, the song became the No. 1 hit in the U.K. and No.. 12 in the U.S. Each of the paintings in the song are shown beside Nige's haptar for you to see.
For several years, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam played the song daily. A copy of the sheet music is in a safe beneath the museum, along with a set of vanGogh's paint brushes, the hat he wore while painting Starry Night, and Various other items. It is rumoured that Van Gogh's painting of the 'Starry Night' was painted during the time he was in an asylum and that he sold only one painting during his lifetime as he was not recognized.
That's perhaps what caused him to fall into an abyss of depression which eventually led to his suicide. How tragic to have felt so hopeless and not understood in spite of being so gifted!
Sit back, open Nige's haptar and listen to the words of the song and enjoy.
