Woe-courage
"Let us not forget the text 'sorrowful but always rejoicing', 'unknown and yet well known', and write the word weemoed as two words, wee and moed and faith in God, who in His time can cause the loneliness which we sometimes feel even in the midst of a crowd, to fall from us." - Victor Van Gogh
*weemoed = melancholy
*wee = woe
*moed = courage
Woe-courage. That should be a word.
*weemoed = melancholy
*wee = woe
*moed = courage
Woe-courage. That should be a word.
posted by melilotnfosco | 11:43 PM
5 Comments:
Beautiful. After reading through three times. ;)
I like the thought of woe-courage. I see it as a different kind of courage, especially as Van Gogh relates it to melancholy. It's the courage to face day-to-day life in the midst times that are dark emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. It deserves to be recognized with it's own word, because it is a very real thing.
The translator of the letters put the notes about the words in the footnotes. Two or three letters later, Van Gogh used the word 'wee-moed.' The translator made a footnote saying, 'melancholy,' and I just thought, 'You totally missed the point.'
I suppose for efficiency's sake, but I see your point!
He could've written "see page..."
I like that
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