Vincent's Yellow

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

First draft, first steps

One hundred and twenty five years later, the signature Vincent scratched off on a letter to his brother is engraved into my skin. It was my 28th birthday, I had finished the first draft of my book, and when the tattoo artist asked “you want it exactly the same as he wrote it, no?” I […]

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Wed, September 11 2013 » Personal, Writing the Book » 2 Comments

Shapes Emerging

Dearest Reader, I have been working hard on my book these past months and have finally begun to put it together! By that I mean, I have a stack of 88 pages of my first draft! I’ve dreamed my whole life of writing a book, and now it is becoming real between my fingers. Right […]

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Thu, June 7 2012 » Personal, Research, Writing the Book » No Comments

Phases of the Artist

Dear Reader, It has been too long. I wanted this entry to tell you that I have scans of all my writing about Vincent in my hands, that the truly creative work has begun. Unfortunately, my patience has been tested these past two months in the scanning of hundreds of documents, the resizing and cropping, […]

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Fri, November 11 2011 » Personal, Popular Culture, Research, Writing the Book » No Comments