Vincent's Yellow

a[n] [auto]biography and a love story.

Research…

(photo by Tim Caldwell) I learned many, many things today in my research, but one particular thing is that Vincent liked olives. During one visit to his brother, in the last few months of his life, he bought olives every day and more or less forced his brother and his sister-in-law to eat them. I […]

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Fri, August 7 2009 » Personal, Research » No Comments

The Van Gogh Museum

(photo by Tim Caldwell) Spent seven hours at the museum today… yes, seven. I suppose one of them was spent eating in their cafe — it’s so nice that they have reasonable prices there, I will probably eat there again. So yes, four hours went by in a flash; really, I’m not kidding. It took four […]

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Thu, August 6 2009 » Research, Travel » 2 Comments

From Frankfurt

Teresa rests her head on Vincent´s shoulder. She wears a sleeping mask over her eyes and an inflatable neck pillow. Both are covered by an airline blanket. Vincent: Where are we? Teresa (sleepy): On a plane. Vincent: A what? Teresa: We´re flying. Vincent: Right now? Teresa: Yes. To Amsterdam. Vincent: To Amsterdam? From the United […]

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Wed, August 5 2009 » Personal » No Comments