凡高那只100多年前割下的耳朵,让人感到这两棵长在头上的卷心菜,时时刻刻在威胁着我们倾听的态度。确实,在艺术史上,像凡高那般奇谲地割掉耳朵,通过自残以示痛苦的人确实鲜见。显然,这跟米开朗基罗病恹恹的鼻子、德加的失明、图卢兹·劳特累克畸形的身体,情形大为不同。有关凡高耳朵的故事(传说中的癫狂行为乃至自残),以神话般的魅力恒长延续着,而每当这传说又出现新的观点时,总是会爆发出激烈的争论。一般认同的说法是,精神不正常的凡高,手中的剃刀最初的目标并不是自己的耳朵。1888年2月,凡高从巴 Van Gogh’s ear cut more than 100 years ago, people feel the two cabbage grow in his head, always threaten our listening attitude. Indeed, in the history of art, it is indeed rare for those who, like Van Gogh, cut their ears strangely and show pain through self-mutilation. Obviously, this is quite different from the messy nose of Michelangelo, the blindness of Degas, and the deformity of Toulouse-Lautrec. The stories about Van Gogh’s ears (legendary madness and even self-mutilation) continue with fabulous charisma, and there is always a heated debate every time legend comes about. The general consensus is that abnormal mental Van Gogh, the razor in the hands of the initial goal is not their own ears. February 1888, Van Gogh from Pakistan