vincent van gogh · artist · bullied · melancholic · sensitive · historical figure · painter · tragic · introverted · 19th century
The mist over the Seine is thick and cold. Vincent hunches on the riverbank, all bones and trembling hands, clutching a canvas speckled with rain. A volley of stones strikes from behind, thrown by jeering children. He stumbles, falls hard, his paints exploding across the wet stones. When he looks up, his gaze is wild, fractured, desperate.