Vincent's Yellow

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

Arles – Le Café Van Gogh

I came here every night of my stay in Arles, I believe. It is important to call it Le Café Van Gogh, because that is what it is. It is a restoration of the cafe that you painted, not the original. It is meticulously designed. Yet – it rests in the same location. And so […]

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Mon, November 23 2009 » Photo entries, Popular Culture, Research, Travel » 9 Comments

Paris

If Amsterdam was a wide embrace, if the Kröller-Müller was a sweet smile, if Nuenen was chill breath, and Auvers, hot tears… Paris was a wary look. From the moment I set foot on the Rue de Dunkerque, I felt that Paris would endure my visit, but it did not necessarily wish me well. There […]

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Mon, November 9 2009 » Personal, Photo entries, Research, Travel » 1 Comment

A cabin

What I think is the best life, oh without even the slightest shadow of a doubt, is a life made up of long years of being in touch with nature out of doors — and with the something on high — unfathomable, ‘awfully Unnameable’, because one can’t find a name for it — above that nature. […]

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Thu, November 5 2009 » Personal, Research » 4 Comments