To this day, The Starry Night still remains as an elusive work of art to art critics and students since its creation. Because Van Gogh's intentions of painting this piece were not known, critics tend to break down and analyze the painting through several different lenses. Some critics view this work as a religious piece depicting a story from the Bible. Others contend that Van Gogh was driven by the historical influences and public fascination with astronomy and astrology at the time. I, however, found the purpose for the creation of the artwork to be much simpler. I believe Van Gogh was merely filling his time in the asylum by continuing to paint. At the time he was being held in a mental asylum, he would have very little options to keep his
