Mathilde Willink
She became the wife and ex wife of a famous Dutch painter Carel Willink. She also damaged some of his paintings.A lady with long blond hair and a strong character.
Most people found her weird. I admire her.
In an interview she once said: I don't care about flowers (so she threw them away), I don't like all those little things and stuff. I don't waste money on that.
If she wanted something she did go for it completely. Even if she had no money to eat well. I still wonder how many people have such a strong will to do that.
She wore dresses a normal person would not buy or could hardly wear (or should I say carry?).
She didn't care about what the trend was or not.
She was from head till toe fascinating... an unique painting!
I always wanted my ears like hers but it never came that far.
It's hard to say if she was happy.
Personally I believe she cried many times. Life was hard on her so were people. It's a good thing to know she had at least some friends.
October 25, 1977, she was found dead in her apartment in Amsterdam.
Her death is still a mystery.
But by now the group that believes she is killed, is much bigger as those who say she committed suicide.
People like Mathilde are rare.
She was one of the less who had her own opinion, own style of living and was not interested in joining the cattle, following the trend.
And most of all, she was not afraid to ventilate her thoughts or show her way of living.
Although they said she was embarrasing, the truth was they were. She did not only show a mirror, but also forced to look into it!
The fact is... you don't make much friends with that! A human being wants others to follow the rules and stay into the cattle. Why? Not because it might get a big chaos, but because it makes him feel save!
They say if you get stoned to death it is your own decision! Since there was no need to speak, to behave different from the rest. It's the punishment for being weird!
