Van Gogh self-portrait 1889

"When a reaction is primary, 'the idea' is no longer enough to motivate creation. Secondary response is perceived as a sustainable and orderly action of all experiences, which is equivalent to a large excessive broadening of the content of consciousness. "- reference Gerardus Heymans in edition of Denis Huisman 'Aesthetics' 1964

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gogh_self-portrait_(1889)

“The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.”

― Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square' - 1915

‘Cosa Mentale’, a case of mind. The picture is absolute. It no longer represents, it simply is.

On his deathbed Malevich had been exhibited with the ‘Balck Square’ above him, and mourners at his funeral rally were permitted to wave a banner bearing a black square.

Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (Russia/Ukraine 1878-1935) - Black Square, 1915, oil on linen, 79.5 x 79.5 cm, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

“There will be always another spring, for in it lies the birth of a new universal step.”

– Kasimir Malevich on ‘Non-Objective Art and Suprematism’, 1919

Suprematist Composition: ‘White on White’, 1918, Museum of Modern Art, NY – OOC, 79.5 cm x 79.5 cm