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Later in juli, toen de mistral dagenlang aanhield, schreef hij bijvoorbeeld aan Theo iets heel anders over het ‘vechten tegen de onverdraaglijke ergernis van de voortdurende mistral’, namelijk dat hij buiten met moeite kon tekenen en wat schilderen betreft, ‘met de mistral is dat onmogelijk, absoluut onmogelijk’ (639).
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). Van Gogh appears to have exaggerated a little in order to impress Bernard. Later in July, when the mistral lasted for days, he wrote very differently to Theo about his ‘struggle against this infuriating nuisance of the constant mistral’; he could only draw outside with difficulty, while as for painting, there was ‘no means of doing it with the mistral, absolutely impossible’ (639). Aside from the physical nuisance, you could also sense that a ‘nasty, nagging wind’ (653) that doesn’t let up throughout the day or night could eventually begin to affect your mental state.
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