Vincent's Yellow

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

The Night Cafe

I am currently staying around the corner from here. You keep walking down this street, past the cafe about twenty feet, turn left, then another block, and that’s where  I am right now. It’s of course called La Cafe Nuit and Cafe Van Gogh now – not its original name – and they’ve since restored […]

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Tue, August 25 2009 » Travel » No Comments

To Arles

I am about to leave for Arles from Northern Spain. I am very happy that this is my last stop because this is where you really found yourself, Vincent. It is also where I believe you lost yourself. It is there you painted Starry Night over the Rhone, there you painted the night cafe, there […]

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Mon, August 24 2009 » Personal » No Comments

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