Why did Van Gough cut off his own ear?

Question

a) He wanted to use himself as the character in portrait of a pirate, but didn't have an eye patch

b) He was frustrated with his girlfriend and sent it to her with a note saying "I haven't heard from you lately"

c) He had and accident while cleaning out ear wax with a sharp knife

d) other (specify)

Answer 1

d.) He is suffering from a mental illness cause no one would buy his works cause it probably sucks in his time...

Answer 2

d. other.  He was a bit crazy.

Answer 3

d) He got tired of listening to his friends' evil hissing viola rag on and on about this song. Earplugs weren't good enough for him.

Answer 4

It is now believed that while he was sharing his apartment with Gauguin that the incident happened. The situation was not what Van Gogh envisioned and that winter was a miserable season, the two men stuck in a small space were soon at each other in frustration and bickered with each other.

Gauguin was an excellent swordsman and it is now believed that Gauguin in a fit of anger was the one responsible for the mishap. It's assumed that Gauguin cut off Van Gogh's ear with a rapier. After the incident he left Arles and Van Gogh was left to himself.

The scholars are beginning to believe that Van Gogh did not cut off his own ear, he lost it in an argument gone horribly wrong with his roommate Gauguin.

Answer 5

d.  There's a lot of evidence to suggest that he had some sort of mental disease, self-mutiliation only being one of them.

Answer 6

OTHER:

Van Gough DIDN'T cut off his 'whole' Ear!

He only cut a 'good sized'  peice of his Ear Lobe where his Girlfriend always, nibbled. He was 'madly in LOVE' with Her but, She left him and He was Heartbroken and thought She'd return. She didn't.

Answer 7

b