Vincent's Yellow

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

Most honest update humanly possible from your writer of a play about Van Gogh

I am on the edge, the verge. There is one last great jump into the beyond before I get anywhere near the bottom… it is something akin to a diver meticulously diagnosing every current in a river leading into an enormous and exotic waterfall, every crag of rock that might tear into her if she [...]

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Mon, March 8 2010 » Personal, Theater piece » 4 Comments

The Myth

In the beginning, I avoided the “Van Go” aspect to this project right and left, I instead dug for the truth, and the truth could only be found in his letters, in his paintings, in history… Or so I thought.
But the commodification, the misinterpretation, the drama, the mythology of Van Gogh is all important, and [...]

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Mon, February 8 2010 » Artists Inspired by Vincent, Popular Culture, Research » 4 Comments

The Plan

This entry is about the plan for the play, Vincent’s Yellow. The Plan, like the play, like the book, has developed so naturally that it’s almost suspicious. Why suspicious? I never really feel like I’m planning. I just get ideas and they become plans. I’ll explain.
I’ve always thought my play about Vincent and I would [...]

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Mon, February 1 2010 » Personal » 2 Comments