Darkness and light are themes that run heavily through Van Gogh's work. Darkness and light reflected his wish create beauty, his feelings of inadequacy, with his fantastic wish to touch the souls in men. For instance, Starry Night draws the viewer in to the painting of an sleeping village with its swirls of light and its rich evening sky. Mine was at the bathroom the morning I got the email from Escape Adulthood speaker and expert Jason Kotecki and his wife, Kim, informing me that I was chosen as THE Adultitis Fighter of the Month. I had NO idea what that meant so I visited their site and found blogs from others who had been chosen in prior months. These everyone was amazingly awesome! They lived lives that I aspired to get like. Why had they chosen ME to get in this elite circle? 9. Their emotional appeal