Symbolism behind Van Gogh "starry night"?

The Starry Night was one of the very few paintings he did entirely from his imagination. Van Gogh didn't really care to represent objects in their full likeness, but he say he prefers to express through color. It is precisely what we see in a starry night, an explosion of heavy brushtrokes with an exxagerated perceptual depth. The trees in the foreground are almost painted as if they were fire. It is a simple overgeneralizaton to ume that Van Gogh was simply crazy or that he took drugs. Vincent was an highly religious person, but had a very explosive and obssesive personality. Before becoming a painter he was to be a pastor, but after doing some work alongside some miners he took an interest in art and began to pursue it. He nonetheless remained faithfull to his religion and we can see that in Starry Night. The sky takes almost the whole painting, where we can gaze at the cosmos and see the stars and moon. The second object that takes almost the whole painting is a tree that starts at the bottom and rises to the skies thus connecting our world with the cosmos. At the horizon is a small town overshadowed by some mountains, with some buildings. The building that grabs the attention and the only building that touches part of the sky/cosmos is a church. This painting shows the relationship of nature and man, and according to Van Gogh in nature god is found. In this painting Van Gogh is in awe with nature and shows the magnitude of it compared to man.