Why is this painter insane?

[2/325Falcon]

The thunder of hoof beats are a sound of war. The painter thinks he's some historical figure destined to be defeated in combat.

[Evenkeal]

Paintings are not proof that people are insane. I bet this whole thing was just to stir up the pot, as in: "wow, if you believe he is insane, you will come up with all these shaky reasons why he might be insane".

[Big Poppa Smurf]

blarg,

i thought that too, but i think a sled being dragged behind the horses would remove many of the hoof prints and tramplings

edit: i am wrong, i went back and looked at the painting again and the snow looks like that in front of the horses too.

reedit: aw jeeze you put that in your post. i am a dumby with no reading comprehension skills [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

the horses also kind of look like they are flying which might explain why the snow is untrampled?

[Bork]

The left side and the right side are the alternate but similar worlds which are being viewed from different angles. The biggest difference between them is that the left has kids playing and a baby. The right has no youths. I think its some kind of abandonement/forgetting/kidnapping type phobia, the guy fantasizes about what the world would be like with no children, or if he wasn't born, or that his family would forget him if he was kidnapped..

Honestly examining this image makes me feel kind of creeped out and crazy.

I find the color pattern is also a bit strange, but I can't specifically describe what it is.

[pindawg]

There is nothing inside of the houses

[inside??]

I think the person viewing the painting is insane because he thinks he can tell someone is insane by looking at their painting.

[inside??]

The painting actual says "I am insane" in it, but you have to fold it like one of those Mad magazine back covers.

[Bullet_Dodger]

can we please ban him already.

[twang]

[image]http://pics.livejournal.com/shaltai_baltai/pic/000042k1[/image]

Uhh?

[crubfrush]

Here's a website with all sorts of details, updates, etc.

It seems that there is still no definitive answer, but people are getting close.