Nash is luckier than Van Gogh

Dusty 2022-04-21 09:01:05

I have seen the well-known "A Beautiful Mind". What struck me the most was not Nash, but his wife Alicia. Living with a mental patient can be life-threatening at any time, and the film omits the plot of Nash's gay love and his son also suffering from schizophrenia. In such embarrassment, Alicia has never left Nash, she is really a great woman. The withdrawn Nash has always distrusted others. When Nash proposed to her, she must have read out the doubts and fears in Nash's heart, and wisely compared the infinity of the universe with love, making Nash believe that although love cannot be proved, it can be believed. When Nash said, "I don't know, but I believe!", I stopped the film immediately and was very moved.
What made Nash? From the origin, it may be his loneliness and paranoia, and without the tolerance and support of relatives, friends and society, he would not have the conditions to continue working, and he would not have stepped onto the podium of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
I was convinced that character determines fate, and when I lamented Nash's success, I couldn't help but think of Van Gogh, a paranoid wizard who also suffered from schizophrenia. But their life circumstances are worlds apart. When he was young, he was world-renowned, his wife never left, and when he was old, he stepped onto the podium of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Another one sold only one painting before his death. Although the price of the painting soared after his death, it can only prove how tragic his life was.
Why are their circumstances so different?
Is it because one is a scholar and the other is an artist? Or because they grew up in different countries? Or because the society has made progress after a lapse of many years?
Whatever the reason, for thin individuals, their lives are like a gulf between joys and sorrows.
Division is only a ailment of a few people, but it seems to be an innate trait of society. Nash and Van Gogh, one makes people feel the warmth of never abandoning them, while the other reminds people to stay awake, and the ruthless ruthlessness of society is enough to drive people to desperation.
In the unpredictable journey, whether it is cold or warm, the traveler knows it.

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A Beautiful Mind quotes

  • John Nash: And then, on the way home, Charles was there again. Sometimes I miss talking to him. Maybe Rosen is right. Maybe I have to think about going back to the hospital.

    Alicia Nash: Maybe try again tomorrow.

  • General: You ever... just know something, Dr. Nash?

    Nash: Constantly.