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DISCLAIMER
I was editing this video and I realised I didn’t talk about something that is important for me.
Towards the end of his life, Gauguin spent 2 trips of several years each in Tahiti.
On each occasion, he took a « local wife », and even had children with them.
These girls were respectively 13 and 14 years old, when he was around 45-50 years old.
Now, you can say that the times were different, that the tribal traditions in Tahiti made it acceptable…
Honestly, I don’t know. I do t have an answer to that.
I don’t think a man is able to look at himself in the mirror when his lover is just a child, but that’s my opinion.
If you are a victim, a witness, or even if you only have doubts about a child being abused, please reach out to someone.
As for Gauguin, what is left are wonderful painting techniques. Let’s use them to create something beautiful, that goes beyond the very flawed human being he must have been.
7 авг 2024
