Vincent's Yellow

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

Sowing Seeds

  So I actually saw this ad while waiting in Frankfurt for my layover, and I was instantly taken aback. Why? The Sower is a very common theme for Vincent… And yeah they kinda ripped him off. But I actually like the ad, so no bad blood. Plus, theirs is sparkly. So yesterday I tried the […]

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Sun, August 9 2009 » Personal, Research, Travel » 2 Comments

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