I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
– Vincent Van Gogh
Art – Kaoru Yamada (Japanese, 1975) Night
I chose the artwork because I believe it draws inspiration from Vincent, which does not make it less enticing and vibrant.
I am the lilac hunter
I prey for smells of never-ending springs
I hunt at dusk
as I grope for the blue
Forever…
Art – Vincent van Gogh
A poem written in 2016.
“Seas move away, why not lovers? The harbours of Ephesus, the rivers of Heraclitus disappear and are replaced by estuaries of silt. The wife of Candaules becomes the wife of Gyges. Libraries burn.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje’s words are plain wizardry about visible wars and the invisible, the ones we battle everyday with us, shadows, dust and smoke. Nobody has molded love and life in such astounding stories.
He was born on the 12th of September, 79 years ago, in Sri Lanka.
Art by Vincent van Gogh.
“….and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”
– Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh – Blossoming Chestnut Branches,1890
If you’re feeling hungry for art while you’re stranded at home, here are our 12 selections out of 2,500 world-class museums and galleries that are now offering virtual tours and online collections.
View the full article at https://hyperallergic.com/547919/2500-virtual-museum-tours-google-arts-culture/
Dreams do come true, now I can travel vicariously through all gold ages of art and feeling.
Vincent van Gogh, Memory of the Garden at Etten
“It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.”
– Vincent Van Gogh
“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”
– Albert Camus
Vincent van Gogh
“And then the dry earth begins to anticipate, and then I fall to my knees, and then the flowers cry out, and then the wind breaks open its silver countries of rain.”
– Mary Oliver
Art by Vincent Van Gogh.
“Anyway the work, when it progresses, helps a lot. I find it mightily beautiful here in summer, the green is very deep and lush, the air thin and amazingly clear.” – Vincent to his sister, Willemien van Gogh
Art – The Harvest by Vincent van Gogh
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way… As a man is, so he sees.”
– William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827)
Art by Vincent van Gogh.
