Any regular absinthe drinker would probably already know about the experience that Vincent Van Gogh went through from consuming absinthe. It was believed that Vincent Van Gogh consumed absinthe, started breaking into convulsions, and ended up cutting his own ear off. There may be a truth to that story but it could have gone down a different way. It has often been thought that Paul Gauguin played a role in Vincent van Gogh losing his ear.
The Fight
There is a chance that Paul Gauguin had cut off Vincent Van Gogh’s ear while in the middle of a fight and then blames it on him being drunk and doing it to himself. Whether this concept is true or not, there is a truth behind the fact that both parties have suffered from depression and got into hostile situations with each other in the past. It was true that Paul Gauguin was also a heavy absinthe drinker just like Vincent Van Gogh and there is a chance that absinthe played a role in him cutting his friends ear off or Vincent Van Gogh (as originally claimed) did it to himself.
No matter what the situation is, this really displays how absinthe was consumed a lot a long time ago and it could lead to dangerous situations. It was believed that the incident was caused from drinking absinthe no matter who ended up cutting his ear off. This just displays some of the dangers of regularly drinking absinthe. Even though the recipe has changed over the years, this particular incident allows the naysayers to put up a fight with decent evidence. |
