In a recent round of POCALOGS to my young niece, I sent a postcard of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers—with a question, which, if answered correctly would win her a prize.

The question was: what is an unusual or interesting fact about the artist?

Her answer (painstakingly googled no doubt) came by email.

his name is vincent van gough and interesting facts about him are
He Suffered from Schizophrenia and Other Mental Health Problems.

Then a minute later, another email—

and he only had one ear.