



We’ve all seen this classic piece of artwork, Starry Night, painted by Vincent Van Gogh.

What many don’t know is that Van Gogh painted Starry Night in the insane asylum Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in France.

Van Gogh Suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy.

Scientists discovered something amazing about Van Gogh’s paintings ONLY from the psychotic period of his life…..

After detailed analysis, scientists believe that Van Gogh unknowingly mastered one of the most enigmatic concepts in physical science: fluid turbulence.

It is too bad though that Van Gogh died having only sold one piece in his lifetime.







The beautiful use of flowing light has amazed us all.He admitted himself after cutting off a piece of his own ear during a psychotic episode. Even Van Gogh thought this was worth capturing with a self-portrait.This condition is known to result in hallucinations as well as feelings of inspiration and fascination. Many believe that Van Gogh’s psychosis may have inspired the beautifully turbulent nature of this work.When analyzing telescope images and the natural flow of light in and around the stars, they were struck by how similar it was to the flow of light in Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Something more complex and mysterious was behind this striking similarity though.Interestingly, only paintings Van Gogh made during his psychosis mimicked actual fluid turbulence – a principle that scientists haven’t been able to characterize in decades of research.Scientists believe that his psychosis allowed him to perceive relationships in motion that the normal, healthy brain doesn’t have access to.He is thought to have committed suicide with little recognition of his life’s work – or his inherent genius, as we’ve now discovered! Diply via Idealist4ever