The Rat in my Brain

When my thoughts go rogue.

If I could paint the rat in my brain, this is what it would look like. Improvised mural on a fire-damaged building on Redwood Highway, Petaluma, California. Photo by author.

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” — Vincent Van Gogh.

I read the above quote, and I marveled at how beautiful and inspiring it was.
Then I thought, “Was that before or after he cut his ear?”