Vincent Report
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Welcome to The Vincent Report.
At The Vincent Report, you are recognized and valued as a sovereign, created mankind-being with God given inalienable rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Here we will explore Vincent's portrayal of frustration, rejection, trauma, and loneliness alongside the beauty of love, joy, and appreciation for God, life, and nature. Through the lens of one of history's most iconic and misunderstood artists, we aim to uncover the rich tapestry of the human experience and connect the many facets of living we need to understand and influence the world we live in.
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM VINCENT'S
LIFE AND DEATH?
• How much of his mental healh problems could have been from syphilis bacterial infection, exposure to toxic heavy metals of lead and cadmium paints, and childhood trauma? Could these physical root causes have been responsible for his manic and depressive episodes?
Many people suffer like this now.
• How much of his poor school performance was pure boredom and lack of stimulus for his genius mind.
Many people suffer like this now.
• How much of his desire to be a minister of the Gospel to the poorest of poor was quashed due to church’s pridefulness and bureaucracy?
Many people suffer like this now.
• How many children and adults might be inspired to never give up on their dreams, knowing that Vincent didn’t find his direction until age 27 — yet went on to become one of history’s most famous artists, even though he died just ten years later at 37?
Many people suffer like this now.
WHY IS THIS SERVICE CALLED THE VINCENT REPORT?
The name “Vincent” has its origins in Latin and is derived from the word “vincens,” which means “conquering, winning, occupying”, exactly what we hope to empower you to accomplish.
WHAT IS THE MISSION OF
THE VINCENT REPORT?
The mission of
The Vincent Report is:
- To Conquer deception and injustice,
- To Win the hearts and minds,
- To Occupy with love, joy, and peace.
To
Empower
Growth
More About Vincent's Life...
Vincent didn’t discover his true direction in life until the age of 27. Years of failure and rejection led him to express his deep love for God, nature, and humanity not through words—since few were willing to listen—but through art. After all, what good is an ear if no one listens?
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Vincent Willem van Gogh sacrificed deeply in his longing for people to hear, see, and share in his passion for God, creation, and life itself. Though his time on earth was brief, his impact has endured—echoing through art, music, culture, commerce, and now, through this service: your own canvas.
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The roots of Vincent’s rejection trace back to the trauma of his birth. He was named after his stillborn older brother, also Vincent Willem van Gogh, and born exactly one year to the day after that loss. His grieving mother, though burdened by sorrow, taught him to draw and helped awaken his deep appreciation for nature. Vincent developed not only an artistic eye but a spiritual sensitivity—an ability to see and portray the soul of his subjects.
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“Starry, starry night,
Paint your palette blue and grey,
Look out on a summer’s day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul.”
As a young man, Vincent began his career at a prestigious art firm but was eventually dismissed for being too honest—often talking customers out of buying poor-quality artwork. With both his father and uncle serving as Protestant ministers, Vincent pursued seminary studies. However, he failed to advance after refusing to take a Latin exam, despite speaking three other languages. To him, studying a dead language felt pointless. Vincent didn’t discover his true path until the age of 27, having tried his hand at various roles—including art dealer, schoolmaster, and lay preacher.
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Though never officially ordained, Vincent was commissioned to preach the word of God to some of the poorest miners in Belgium. In frequent letters to his brother Theo, he included full passages of Scripture and vivid accounts of church services and sermons. However, when church authorities learned that Vincent had given his own home to a sick woman and chosen to sleep on the floor alongside the miners, they deemed his actions inappropriate and dismissed him from his post.
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“For they could not love you But still your love was true”
His gifting came from his desire to service God, from the joy and suffering from childhood, from support and rejection from family, from unrequited love from women and lack of recognition from peers.​
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His gift was born from a deep desire to serve God—shaped by both the joy and pain of his childhood, the mix of support and rejection from his family, the ache of unrequited love, and the silence of peers who failed to recognize his worth.
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“though you suffered for your sanity,"
As with many brilliant minds, Vincent's genius came at a great cost—his sanity.
On December 23, 1888, after a heated argument, Vincent’s mental anguish reached a breaking point. In a moment of mania and despair, he cut off his ear, an act that led to his admission to a psychiatric hospital where he remained for nearly a year. Yet even in isolation and suffering, his creativity did not wane. During that time, he painted one of his most iconic works, The Starry Night, inspired by the view from his hospital window—watching over a world that so often misunderstood him.
As the song goes,
“when no hope was left in sight On that starry, starry night You took your life, as lovers often do But I could have told you, Vincent,
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.”
Shortly after Vincent was released from the psychiatric hospital,
he shot himself at the age of 37.
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Working together,
We Can Make the World Beautiful Again.
