梵高 Part 03
The coal pits of southern Belgium.
Dirt poor and, as far as Vincent was concerned, in desperate need of saving.
The young lay preacher took his dog-eared bibles and his eager retriever look through mucky streets where women hauled sacks of coke, and did his best.
And our life is a long walk from earth to heaven. A long walk from earth to heaven.
But it still wasn't enough.
After a trial period, the missionary society who paid his pittance got rid of him.
Excessive zeal, apparently.
But you didn't get rid of Vincent van Gogh that easily.
He hit on a different way to preach, he would paint.
This would be Vincent's new calling.
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