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Misery in Borinage, Belgium, 1933 - by Willy Kessels (1898 - 1974), Belgian

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An extract of a letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, Petit-Wasmes (Belgium), between Tuesday, 1 and Wednesday, 16 April 1879. “Going down in a mine is an unpleasant business, in a kind of basket or cage like a bucket in a well, but then a well 500-700 metres deep, so that down there, looking upward, the daylight appears to be about as big as a star in the sky. One has a feeling similar to one’s first time on a ship at sea, but worse, though fortunately it doesn’t last long. The workers get used to it, but even so, they never shake off an unconquerable feeling of horror and dread that stays with them, not without reason or unjustifiably. Once down there, however, it isn’t so bad, and the effort is richly rewarded by what one sees.” Source Van Gogh’s depiction of the Borinage

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